Ibeatb's  flfeobern  language  Series 


SELECTIONS 


FOR 


GERMAN  COMPOSITION. 


WITH  NOTES  AND  VOCABULARY. 


BY 


CHARLES   HARRIS, 

Professor  of  the  German  Language  and  Literature,  Oberlin  Collegt. 


BOSTON,  U.  S.  A.: 

D.  C.  HEATH  &  CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 

1898. 


88UYU 


Copyright,  i8qo. 
CHARLES    HARRIS. 


CARL  H.  HWNTZKMANN,  PRINTER,  BOSTON,  MASS. 


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PREFACE. 


THIS  book  has  been  compiled  in  the  hope  of  offering  to  be- 
ginners in  German  composition  suitable  material  for  useful  exer- 
cise in  translating  from  English  into  German.  Reasonable  ease 
and  celerity  in  German  composition  is  to  be  acquired  only 
through  drill  in  the  common  constructions  of  the  language.  It 
is  not  enough  that  the  student  write  these  constructions  a  few 
times ;  he  must  write  them  and  rewrite  them,  until  they  are  ab- 
solutely his  own.  Such  work  is  manifestly  most  profitable  when 
begun  early  in  the  study  of  the  language  and  made  to  keep  pace 

. '  with  subsequent  advancement. 

O?      Only  such  knowledge  of  forms  as  can  be  gained  in  a  few  weeks 

H  is  required  for  the  use  of  Part  I.  The  German  originals  and  the 
notes  are  here  expected  to  supply  all  the  words  needed  in  the 

M   English  paraphrases ;    and  it  is  believed  that  any   one   who   has 

-H    mastered  German  inflections  can,  with  the  aid  of  the  Introduction, 
•fc 

translate  these  paraphrases  without  reference  to  the  Vocabulary. 

For  the  convenience  of  those  who  may  wish  to  omit  these  Intro- 
ductory Selections,  Part  II.  is  made  independent  of  Part  I.  The 
selections  have  not  been  chosen  for  any  special  literary  value.  It  is 
easy  to  offer  the  beginner  too  good  literature.  One  might  almost 
say  that  for  the  purpose  of  composition,  except  in  the  case  of  ad- 
vanced students,  the  better  an  extract  is  as  literature,  the  worse  it 
is  as  an  exercise.  Even  the  mature  beginner  must  first  learn  the 
simple  style  of  every-day  speech.  The  sole  endeavor  here  has 

iii 


IV  PREFACE. 

been  to  choose  easy  selections  which  should  be  progressive  and 
offer  much  drill  in  the  writing  of  common  constructions.  The 
omission  of  any  of  the  selections  in  this  Part  is  made  possible  by 
frequent  reference  to  the  more  important  notes. 

The  two  remaining  Parts,  which  are  entirely  different  in  the 
character  of  their  selections,  are  intended  to  supply  more  difficult 
exercises.  As  is  the  case  with  the  other  Parts,  they  are  made 
independent  of  each  other.  The  book  may  therefore  be  begun 
with  dny  Part,  as  best  suits  different  degrees  of  advancement. 

The  Notes  are  intended  to  progress  with  the  text  and  to  supple- 
ment, not  to  take  the  place  of,  such  aids  as  the  beginner  may  be 
expected  to  have  at  hand.  Not  a  little  lexical  matter  has  been 
introduced  in  the  case  of  common  words  and  phrases  which  can 
not  be  translated  literally. 

Great  pains  have  been  taken  to  have  the  Vocabulary  complete  and 
accurate  and  to  adapt  it  to  the  wants  of  the  beginner.  Complete- 
ness and  accuracy  are  here  especially  necessary,  and  corrections 
and  suggestions  will  be  thankfully  received. 

The  book  owes  much  to  the  kindly  suggestions  of  those  who  have 
examined  it  in  proof  or  in  manuscript.  Special  acknowledgment  is 
due  to  Prof.  H.  K.  SCHILLING  of  Wittenberg  College,  Prof.  E.  S. 
JOYNES  of  South  Carolina  University,  and  Prof.  A.  H.  PALMER  of 
Adelbert  College. 

CHARLES   HARRIS. 

OBERLIN  COLLEGE,  August,  1890. 

This  edition  has  been  carefully  revised,  and  a  number  of  small 
changes  and  corrections  have  been  made  in  the  notes  and 
vocabulary. 

C  H. 

May,  1891. 


INDEX. 


INTRODUCTION. 

PAGE 

Punctuation 3 

Division  into  Syllables 4 

Compound  Words           .........  4 

German  Script 4 

Order  of  Words 5 

PART  I.     INTRODUCTORY  SELECTIONS. 

GERMAN    ORIGINAL   WITH    ENGLISH    PARAPHRASE. 

r.    Slmeife  itnb  ©ritle n 

2.  Sumnte  Slnttnort n 

3.  S)er  ©chafer  itnb  ber  ©olbjcftmieb 12 

4.  S5ie  njanbernben  gvofdje          13 

5.  Sic  ©pcvlirtge 13 

6.  Subnng  XII.  itnb  ber  £ofmcmu 14 

7.  3)er  Settler 15 

8.  2)ie  iminbevbare  Sriicfe 16 

9.  @ei  nicfjt  eitel 16 

10.  ®er  2JZorgeu 17 

11.  ®a§  ift  and)  auSflcgangm 18 

12.  2)cr  Xraucrmavjd) 19 

13.  9JitffeII  itnb  Sismarcf 20 

PART  II.     EASY  NARRATIVE  SELECTIONS. 

14.  The  rich  Man  and  the  Beggar 25 

15.  The  Boy  in  the  Woods 25 

1 6.  The  King  and  the  Girl 26 

17.  A  Greek  General 27 

18.  The  Officer  and  the  Peasant 28 

19.  The  Lion  and  the  Fox 29 


VI  INDEX. 


PAGE 

20.     Some  Fables          

30 

21.     Little  Red  Riding-hood      .... 

•        31 

22.     Why  the  Sea  is  salt      .... 

34 

23.     Puss  in  Boots    

.    39 

24.     Hop  o'  My  Thumb        .... 

43 

25.     The  Babes  in  the  Wood  .... 

.     49 

PART  III.     LETTERS. 

26.     Family  Letters       

57 

27.     Brief  Letters  of  Friendship 

.        .        .        .     58 

28.     A  Letter  from  Leipzig 

61 

29.     Business  Letters         

....    63 

30.     Platen  to  his  Mother     .... 

....        65 

31.     Mendelssohn  to  his  Brother 

.        .        .        .    67 

32.     Two  Letters  from  Bismarck  to  his  Wife 

....        69 

PART  IV.     BIOGRAPHICAL,  HISTORICAL, 

AND  DESCRIPTIVE 

SELECTIONS. 

35.     Frederick  Barbarossa        .... 

•79 

36.     Goethe  and  Weimar      .... 

80 

37.     Schiller's  Flight  from  Stuttgart 

.         .         .         .82 

38.     The  ancient  Germans     .... 

86 

.     88 

40.     Sobieski  before  Vienna 

9° 

41.     The  Nile    

42.     The  Battle  in  the  Teutoburger  Forest 

94 

VOCABULARY 

.      00 

INTRODUCTION. 


BRIEF  RULES  FOR  WRITING  GERMAN  AND   FOR 
WORD-ORDER. 


INTRODUCTION. 


PUNCTUATION. 

i.  As  a  rule,  punctuate  in  German  as  in  English.  The 
following  exceptions  must,  however,  be  noticed  :  — 

1.  While  parenthetical  phrases  and  clauses  are  separated 
from  the  rest  of  the  sentence  by  a  comma,  or  commas,  as  in 
English,  single  words  which  are  parenthetical  in  their  nature, 
are  not  thus  set  off.     That  is,  the  equivalents  of  words  like 
however,  surely,  although,  nevertheless,  too,  etc.,  if  single  words, 
are  not  set  off.    Thus :  £)er  §err  aber  lacfyte  gar  nidjt.  —  @r 
toirb  fy  offentlid)  ntcfyt  lommen.  —  $aufen  <3ie  mir  aucb,  ein  ^aar. 

2.  While  according  to  English  usage   certain  subordinate 
clauses  only  are  set  off  from  the  rest  of  the  sentence,  in  German 
all  subordinate  claitses  are  set  off.     Thus  :    £jd)  hnH,,  bajj  er 
b,  eute  ^benb  fomme.  —  2)te  ganje  SJBelt  toeijj,  toa§  id)  f>  abe.  — 
2Ber  ift  ber  SJlann,  ben  <5te  geftern  fab^en?  —  2)a3  §erj  U)ar 
ru^tg,  tote  bte  2Safferquette.  —  2)ag  Steb,  toetcfyeS  fie  fang,  toar 
bubfd;. 

NOTE. — This  applies  to  subordinate  clauses  whether  they  are  com- 
plete, contracted,  or  elliptical,  or  whether  they  precede,  follow,  or  are 
incorporated  in  the  principal  clause. 

3.  Such  infinitive  phrases  as  are  really  equivalent  to  sub- 
ordinate clauses  are  also  to  be  set  off.     Thus  :  $)aS  ift  bte  an= 
geneb,  mfte  2lrt,  fid)  beliebt  311  madden.  —  <5te  glaubten,  bann  auc£> 
•ftacb,  tigatten  311  fetn. 

(3) 


4  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

DIVISION  INTO  SYLLABLES. 

2.  When  it  becomes  necessary  to  divide  a  word  at  the  end 
of  a  line,  the  place  of  division  is  determined  by  the  pronuncia- 
tion of  the  word.  Accordingly,  a  single  consonant  between 
two  vowels  is  thrown  with  the  latter  vowel,  and  two  consonants 
in  the  same  position  are  divided.  Thus  :  QttQtn,  !en=nen, 
tetlsten. 

i  .  But  d),  f  d),  ph,  tb,  and  §  are  treated  as  single  consonants,  and  (f 
becomes  M.  Thus  :  braiufjen,  td'djen,  bruf=feit. 

2.  Compounds  are,   however,  separated  into  their  components,  and 
prefixed  syllables  of  derivation  are  also  separated  from  the  rest  of  the 
word  without  regard  to  pronunciation.      Thus:    DouWllbcn,  nug^ehcn, 
3nter=effc,  barium,  ber=ein,  er=ctfevn. 

COMPOUND    WORDS. 

3.  German  compound  words  are  usually  without  the  hyphen, 
being  treated  as  one  word.     Thus  :  etnmal,  <Sd)iiIfyau§,  2B6r= 
terbiidj. 

I.  But  the  hyphen  is  used  where  two  or  more  words  make  with  an- 
other word  (preceding  or  following)  a  loose  compound;  also  in  com- 
pounds of  proper  nouns  or  proper  adjectives  ;  and  in  very  long  compounds, 
and  sometimes  elsewhere,  for  clearness'  sake.  Thus:  ciuf=  unb  flbgehen, 
@peife=  unb  SBartejaal,  SBofaUange  ober  *l  itrje,  3ung=©tittiug,  Dberlanbe8= 


GERMAN   SCRIPT. 

4,  While  every  student  of  German  should  be  at  least  able 
to  read  German  script,  its  use  in  writing,  especially  in  the  case 
of  beginners,  is  not  imperative.  If,  however,  it  is  employed, 
the  German  quotation  marks  („  —  ")  and  hyphen  (:)  must 
also  be  used  ;  but  in  dividing  a  word  at  the  end  of  a  line  the 
sign  „  is  commonly  used  instead  of  the  hyphen. 


INTRODUCTION.  5 

ORDER   OF   WORDS, 

5.  For  convenience  in  reference  the  three  word-orders  are 
here  briefly  treated.     These  differ  essentially  only  in  the  posi- 
tion of  the  personal  verb.     By  the  personal  verb  is  meant  that 
part  inflected  for  person  and  number.     In  simple  tenses  this  is 
the  verb  itself,  in  compound  tenses  the  auxiliary. 

NORMAL   ORDER. 

6.  The  personal  verb  follows  the  subject.     Ex. :  2)er  !£ag 
ioar  prdd)tig  I)ett.  —  .£an§  trieb  feme  $ufy  rubig  toor  fid)  f)er.  — 
2)iefe  2Borte  macfyten  eineit  tiefen  @mbrucf  auf  bie  SSerfammlung. 

NOTE.  —  By  the  subject  is  meant,  here  and  elsewhere,  the  subject 
word  with  all  its  modifiers.  Ex. :  3ebe  9tofe  Don  bent  SRofenftrcuidje  im 
(Sarten  fyatte  ihre  ©efdjicfjte.  —  S)er  9teiter,  ber  ba«  gehort  hatte,  hielt  an. 

INVERTED    ORDER. 

7.  The  personal  verb  precede  s  the  subject.     Ex.:  2)a§  liber* 
laffe  id?  $(men  ganj.  —  (gnblidj  rebete  er  ibn  an.  —  ,,Slrme3,  ber= 
ad)tete^  ©etoad;3!"  fagte  ber  2(^feljh)eig.  —  ^d^tjigmal  ^jabe  id) 
biefe^  gefei>en. 

NOTE.  —  It  should  be  especially  observed  that  this  order  is  required 
whenever  the  principal  clause  begins  with  anything  else  than  the  subject. 
(But  cf.  §  13.)  It  is  the  usual  order  for  questions,  and  for  imperative, 
optative,  and  exclamatory  sentences. 

i .  The  principal  clause  must  be  inverted,  if  the  subordinate 
clause  precedes,  unless  the  latter  is  also  the  subject  of  the 
principal  clause.  That  is,  if  an  object  clause  or  an  adverbial 
clause  precedes,  it  has  the  same  effect  as  a  simple  object  or 
simple  adverb  in  the  same  position  and  causes  inversion.  Ex. : 
2Ba§  id)  toermod)te,  babe  id;  getban.  —  2U§  id;  in  ^Berlin  toar,  fal) 
id;  ifyn  nid)t. 


O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

TRANSPOSED    ORDER. 

8.  The  personal  verb  conies  last  in  the  clause.     Ex. :  <Sie 
fab,  en,  bafj  jemanb  bartn  getoefen  toar.  —  ©in  SJiann  hatte  einen 
Sfel,  ber  fcfyon  lange  ^afyre  bie  ©acfe  jur  -SRufyle  getragen  b,  atte. 
—  3$  betounbere  ibn,  toetl  er  ein  fo  fcb,  one§  $ferb  bat. 

NOTE.  —  This  order  is  restricted  to  subordinate  clauses  introduced 
by  a  connective,  that  is,  by  a  subordinating  conjunction  or  by  a  relative 
pronoun  or  adverb. 

1.  If,   however,   the  conjunction  bajj  is  omitted,   the  sub- 
ordinate clause  takes  the  normal  order.     Ex. :  ^cfe,   glaube,  fair 
befommen  biefe  iftacb.  t  ©etmtter. 

2.  If,    in   a   conditional   clause,    the    conjunction    toenn   is 
omitted,  the  subordinate  clause  takes  the  inverted  order.    Ex. : 
£atte  tcb.  nur  etn>a§  ©elb,  fo  ginge  tcfy  gern. 

OTHER  ELEMENTS. 

9.  The  other  elements  of  the  simple  sentences  have  usually 
the  same  position  in  the  three  orders.     The  relative  position 
of  the  most  important  of  them  is  that  indicated  in  the  following, 
although  it  should  not  be  understood  that  they  will  all  be  found 
in  any  one  sentence  :  — 

1.  Pronoun  object.  —  Ex.:  %$  fyabe  bir  ©elb  gegeben. — 
(Sr  fyat  fie  ju  feinem  ©eburtitag  befommen.     If  there  are  two 
pronoun  objects,  the  accusative  usually  precedes.     Ex. :  £5$ 
itntt   fte  bir  gerne  jeigen.  —  3)er  altefte  Sruber  erbarmte  fid> 
feiner. 

2.  Adverb   of  time.     Ex. :    ^d^  fyabe  geftern  meinen  alten 
SSater  befitcb,  t.  —  (Sr  b,  at  mir  i) eute  ein  33ucb,  gegeben. 

3.  Noun  objects.      The  order  of  cases  is  usually  dative, 
accusative,  genitive,  but  a  noun    object   denoting   a   person 
generally  precedes  one  denoting  a  thing.     Ex. :  3)er  2eb,rer 


INTRODUCTION.  7 

Bat  bent  ©cottier  einSucfy  gegeben. —  @r  befdjwlbigt  feinen  SDiener 
ber  Untreite.  —  <Ste  fyaben  ben  armen  3Jiann  feinem  <Sd^tc!faI 
iiberlaffen. 

4.  Other  adverbs.    The  order  of  occurrence  is  usually  place, 
manner,  degree.     Ex. :  SDu  toofynft  fyter  febr  bequem.  —  @r  ar= 
beitet  immer    fleifjtg.      Observe,   however,   that   prepositional 
phrases  modifying  the  verb,  even  if  they  are  time  phrases,  will 
follow  simple  adverbs  of  whatever  kind.      Ex. :    SSir  fpeifen 
getoofynlicfy  urn  fecfyS  Ufyr. 

5.  Negation.     Ex.:  3Jiort£  berlor  ben  9Jiut  nid^t.  —  @r  ^>at 
feinen   SSater  nicfyt   gefet)en.     But   a  negative  modifying  any 
special  word  precedes  that  word.     Ex. :  Uttcfyt  jeber  Sefer  ^citte 
an  feiner  (Stette  fein  mogen. 

6.  Predicate  adjective,  or  noun.     Ex. :  Unfer  Dfyeim  ift  ntd^t 
reid^.  —  $$  bin  lange  Iran!  getoefen. 

7.  Separable  prefix.     Ex.:  2)te  2lrbeiter  lommen  bom  fitlbt 
^uriicf.  —  SStrb  bie  <Sonne  balb  aufge^en? 

8.  Remainder  of  verb.     The  auxiliary  being  the  personal 
verb  in  compound  tenses,  the  remainder  of  the  verb  comes 
after  the  other  elements,  the  participle  preceding  the  infinitive, 
if  both  occur.     Illustrative  sentences  have  already  been  given 
above. 

SUMMARIES. 

10.  Normal  Order.     Subject,    Pers.  Verb,    i.  Pronoun 
object,   2.  Adv.  of  time,  3.  Noun  objects,   4.  Other  adverbs, 
5.  Negation,  6.  Pred.  adj.  or  noun,  7.  Separable  prefix,  8.  Re- 
mainder of  verb. 

11.  Inverted  Order.      Inverting  element   (if  any),    Pers. 
Verb,  Subject,  the  other  elements  as  in  §  10. 


8  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

12.  Transposed  Order.      Connective,  Subject,  the  other 
elements  as  in  §  10,  Pers.  Verb. 

OBSERVATIONS. 

13.  The  general   connectives    (unb,   aber,   attein,   fonbem, 
benn,  ober)  have  no  effect  on  the  order  of  words.     The  other 
conjunctions  require  either  the  inverted  or  transposed  order 
after  them,  according  as  they  introduce  principal  or  subordi- 
nate clauses. 

14.  While  principal  clauses  may  have  either  the  normal  or 
the  inverted  order,  subordinate   clauses  can   have   only  the 
transposed,  except  as  provided  for  in  §  8,  i,  2.     It  is  there- 
fore essential  in  all  cases  to  know  whether  one  is  dealing  with 
a  principal  or  subordinate  clause  —  especially  as  their  forms 
are  not  always  distinguished  in  English. 

REMARK.  —  Other  comments  on  word-order  are  given  in  the  notes. 
The  word  "  Order "  is  frequently  used  to  show  that  especial  care  is 
needed  in  the  arrangement  of  the  German  sentence.  The  words  "  See 
grammar  "  are  similarly  used  to  call  the  student's  attention  to  the  subject 
mentioned,  so  that  he  may  look  it  up  in  whatever  grammar  is  at  hand. 
German  words  given  in  the  notes  are  frequently  not  in  the  form  in  which 
they  must  be  used,  and  the  student  must  therefore  make  the  necessary 
changes.  Words  in  the  English  text  which  are  inclosed  in  [  ]  are  to  be 
omitted,  those  in  (  )  are  to  be  inserted  in  translating  into  German. 
References  by  §§  are  to  the  Introduction.  Other  references  are  to  pages 
and  to  notes  or  lines,  as  indicated  by  n.  or  1. 


PART   I. 
INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS. 


GERMAN   ORIGINAL  WITH 
ENGLISH  PARAPHRASE  FOR  RETRANSLATION. 


INTRODUCTORY  SELECTIONS. 


1*    -iUiiuMfc  itnb  Wi-tlle. 

(Sine  ©ritte  fam  im  SSinter  ju  einer  2lmeife  unb  fagte: 
,,©ieb  mtr  ettoag  ju  effen !"  SDie  2(meife  fragte  fie :  ,,2Ba§ 
fyaft  bu  benn  im  <5ommer  getfyan?"  ,,©efungen,"  fagte  bie 
©ritfe;  unb  bie  2lmeife  anttoortete:  ^a1  bit  im  ©ommer 
gefungen  ^>aft,  fo  magft  bu  im  -JBinter  tangen."  S 

The  Ant  and  the  Cricket. 

A  cricket,  which 2  came  to  an  ant  in  winter,  said  :  "  Give 
me  something  to  eat!"  But  when3  the  ant  asked  her: 
"What  did4  you  (then)  do  in  the  summer?"  she5  an- 
swered: "I  sang.6"  Thereupon'  the  ant  said:  "You 
sang6  in  summer,  and  you  may  dance  in  winter."  10 

%.    Stumtne  Slntuwt. 

3um  fcfytoa&ifdjen  £eere  fam  im  $a^re  1795  ein  ^efrut, 
ber  ein  fd;oner  toofylgetoacfyfener1  -JRann  i»ar.  SDer  Officer 
fragte  if>n,  tuie  alt  er  fei.J  2)er  9tefrut  anttoortete :  ,,@inunbs 
gtoanjig  ^a^re  alt.  $$  &in  ein  9^n^^  Sa^>r  ^ran^  getoefen, 
fonft8  h)dre  icfy  jtoeiunbjh)anjig."  15 

1  (inasmuch)  as.  2  Subor.  clause;  transposed  order;  cf.  §  12. 
*  but  -when  =  when  however  =  al8  aber.  Order?  4  did  do  =  have 
done.  'Invert.  Why?  6  sang  =  have  sung.  7  borauf.  Order? 

1  well-grown  =  well-built.  a  Subj.  of  indirect  discourse.  3  other- 
wise. 1 1 


12  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

A  stupid  Answer. 

In  the  year  1795  a  recruit4  came  to  the  Suabian  army. 
He  was  a  handsome,  well-built  man.  When5  the  officer 
asked,  "  How  old  are  you?"  he  answered6  that  he  was7 
twenty-one  years  old,  and  that  he  would8  be  twenty-  two, 
if  he  had9  not  been  ill  [for]  a  whole  year. 


3.    $er  <Srf)afer  ititb  fcer  ©olbfcfcmieb. 

@in  <Srf)afer  fragte  etnen  ©olbfcfymieb,  urie  totel  ein  fo  unb 
fo  grower1  ^lumpen  ©olb  toert  fet.  2)er  ©olbfrfnmeb  be* 
hnrtete2  ifyn  pracfytig,  um  tfyn  gefcfymetbtg3  511  madden,  unb 
fragte  enbltrf),  too  er  benn  etnen  foldjen  ^lumpen  gefunben 
,0  fyabe.  2)  a  anttoortete  ber  ©cfya'fer,  ba^  er  nod;*  !etnen  fya&e, 
aber  balb  etnen  511  finben  f>offe. 

The  Shepherd  and  the  Goldsmith. 

A  stupid  shepherd  went  to  a  goldsmith8  who  thought* 
that  the  man  had7  a  large  lump  [of]  gold,  because  he 
asked  how  much  a  lump  of  such  and  such  a  size  would  7 
i^  be  worth.  And  so  the  goldsmith  entertained  him8  splen- 
didly, for9  he  wanted  to  make  him  pliant.  At  last  he 
asked:  "Where  did11  you  find  the  lump?"  Then  the 
shepherd  answered  :  "  I  have  not  yet  found  any,  but  I 
hope  to  find  one  soon12." 

4  Cf.  §n.  s  dt8.  6  Order?  For  punctuation  of  following  clause, 
see  §  i,  2.  7  Indirect  discourse.  Pres.  subj.  Cf.  28,  n.  n.  8  Pret. 
subj.  9  Plupf.  subj. 

1  a  so  and  so  great  lump  =  a  lump  of  such  and  such  a  size.  2  be* 
rtrirteil  =  entertain.  3  malleable  =  pliant.  4  nod)  fetlten  =  as  yet 
none  =  not  yet  —  any.  s  Punctuation?  6  gtaitbrn,  not  benfen.  Use 
here  ind.  dis.  after  glailben.  7  Tense  and  mode  ?  Order?  8Cf.  32,  n. 
17.  9bnui.  Normal  order,-  cf.  §  10.  l°ivant  to=  rooUen,  with 
simple  inf.  "  Perfect  tense.  12  Order  ? 


INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS.  13 


4.    Tic  niiiittu'vuiHMi 

Set1  grower  <5otnmerfyi$e  trocfnete2  ein  ©umpf  au§,  unb  bie 
betben  $n>fd;e,  toelcfye  tfyn  nod>  betoofynten,  mufcten  toanbern. 
@ie  famen  an  etnen  ttefen  SBrunnen,  ber  nod)  jtemltcfy8  triel 
SBaffer  batte.  ,,©oflen  hrir  btnetnfyityfen4?"  fragte  ber  jiingere. 
,,^ein/'  rief  ber  altere  ;  ,,benn  Suenn  ba§  2Baffer  aud^>  ^)ter  au§=  5 
trocfnete,  icie  fottten  ioir  inieber  Ijerau3tommenB?" 

The  wandering  Frogs. 

Two  frogs  were  still  inhabiting6  a  swamp  when7  it8  dried 
up  in  [the]  great  heat  of  summer,  and  they  had  9  to  wander 
[away].  A  well  to  which  they  came,  still  had  a  little10 
water  [in  it].  The  younger  frog  asked  whether11  they  10 
should  not  jump  in.12  "  No,"  cried  the  older  [one]  ;  "  do 
you  think13  that  we  could14  jump  out  again,  if  the  water 
dried14  up  here  too?" 


5.    Tic 

(Sine  alte  ^irdje,  iuelcfye  ben  <5perlingen  ungaBItge  defter 
gab,  icurbe  auggebeffert.1  2113  fie  nun  in  tfyrem  neuen  ©lanje  15 
baftanb,  lamen  bie  <5perltnge  iotebev,  ibre  alten  SSofynungen 
^u  fud;en.  2lttetn2  fie  fanben  fie  atte  bermauert.3  ,,^u  it>a§," 
fd^rieen  fie,  ,,taugt*  benn  nun  ba§  gro^e  ©ebaube?  ^ommt, 
berla^t  ben  unbraucfybaren  ©tetnbaufen." 

1  in.  2  ail8tVO(fneu  =  dry  up.  3  tolerably.  4  Why  not  f)eveilt= 
t)iipfcn?  s  Why  not  IjinailSfommeu?  6  were  still  inhabiting  = 
inhabited  still.  7  at«.  8  er.  Why?  9  have  to  =  miiffcil,  with  simp. 
inf.  10  ein  njentg.  "  ob.  I2  Is  it  ^inein,  or  fjeretn?  Order? 
13  glaubjl  bu.  I4  Subj. 

1  au9bef|ern  =  better  =  repair.  *  attein  =  abcr.  3ttermaucnt  = 
wall  up.  *  tangcil  Jll  =  be  fit  for. 


14  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

The  Sparrows. 

The  sparrows  had  built 6  themselves8  innumerable  nests  in 
an  old  church.  But 7  when  the  church  was  being  repaired, 
they  had  to  leave  their  old  dwellings.  And  when  they  came 
back,  the  church  stood  before 8  them  in  its  new  splendor, 
but  their  old  dwellings  were  all  walled  up.  Then  they9  all 
screamed  :  "  Come,  [let  us]  leave  this  great  building.  It  is 
fit  for  nothing 10 ;"  for  they  considered  u  the  repaired  church 
a  useless  heap  of  stones. 


6.    Sitbttrig  XII.  uttb  bet  >:->ofmnnn. 

@in  §ofmann  rtet  Subhng  XII.,  $om'g  bon  $ran!reicfy,  er 
10  moge1  etnem  retcfyen  SBurger,  ber  tfyn,  efye  er  nocfy  $onig  tear, 
beleibigt  fyatte,  affe  feine  ©liter  nefymen.  SDa  ertoiberte  Subirng : 
,,£5$  toar  nocfy  nid^t  ^ontg,  aU  er  mid)  beleibigte.  ^e^t  all 
^ontg  bin  id^  fein  SSater  geiuorben;  t$  mu^  if>m  atte§  Mrs 
geben." 

Louis  XII.  and  the  Courtier. 

15  Before  Louis  XII.  became  king  of  France,  a  rich  citizen 
had  insulted  him.  But  when  a  courtier  advised  him" 
to  take 3  [away]  all  the  man's  property,4  Louis  replied  : 
"  He  did  not  insult  the  king,  for  he  insulted  me  before  I 
became  king.  I  am  now  his  father,  as 6  I  have  become  his 

20  king,  and  so  I  must  forgive  him." 

5  bauen.  6  Dat.  refl. ;  fid)  (felbft).  7  -when  however  (abcr).  8  ttor. 
Case?  9  Order?  I0  nid)t«.  "  consider  =  Ijalten  —  fiir. 

1  Ind.  dis.  after  riet.  2  Dat.  Arrange,  him  a  courtier  advised, 
3  to  take  =  that  he,  etc.  See  German  above.  4  the  man  (dat.)  all  hit 
property.  s  as  =  inasmuch  as  =  ba. 


INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS.  15 

7.    $et  Pettier. 

©in  reiser  9Jlann  gtng  an  einem  fatten  SJBtntertage  fpa* 
jteren.  @r  fyatte  fid)  fo 1  toarm  hne  mogltd^  angejogen.2  £roijs 
alle  bem  f ror  *  tbn  fo,  bajj  tfym  bte  Babne  flapperten.  @r  fafy 
einen  armen  Settler  unb  itwnberte  fid)  ntd)t  toentg,  tote  e3  bem 
Settler  ntogltd;  fet,  fo  balb  nacft  fyerumjulaufen,  obne  bte  5 
£alte  fd)etnbar6  ju  fu^Ien.  W2)a8  fann  id^  ^^nen  Ietrf)t  er= 
flaren,"  f^rad^  ber  Settler.  ,,2Benn  tcfy  attlge^e,  fo  jte^e  \$ 
atte  ntetne  ^letber  an,  aber  ©ie  laffen  ben  gro^ten  5tetl  $fyrer 
^letber  ju  §aufe.  G§  ftnb  bte  ^letber,  bte  ©te  jit  §aufe  ge« 
laffen  ^aben,  toelcfye  ^f>nen  ba§  2Better  fo  fait  fcfyemen  laffen."  10 

The  Begg-ar. 

A  rich  man  wanted  to  take 6  a  walk  on  a  cold  winter  day. 
After 7  he  had  dressed  himself  as  warmly  as  possible,  he  went 
out.  Although8  he  had  put  on  his  warmest  clothing,  the 
cold  was  so  great  that  his  teeth  chattered.  He  wondered 
not  a  little  when  he  saw  a  beggar  who  was  going9  about  15 
half  naked  and  apparently  not  feeling 10  the  cold.  "  That 
is  easy  to  explain,"  said  the  beggar.  "When11  I  want  to 
take  a  walk  on  a  cold  day,  I  put  on  all  my  clothing ;  but 
you  have  left  the  greater  part  of  your  clothing  at  home.  It 
is"  not  the  clothing  which  you  have  put  on,  but13  that14  20 
which  you  have  left  at  home,  which  makes 15  the  day  seem 
so  cold  to  you." 

1  jo  —  tt)ie  —  as  —  as.  2  aHjietjen  =  pull  on  =  put  on  (of  clothing), 
fid)  angiefjen  =  ?  3  in  spite  of  all  that.  *  frteren  =  be  cold,  (eg)  fror 
il)tt  =  ?  s  apparently.  6  take  a  -walk  =  fpagtercn  flefyen.  7  after 
(conj.)  =  nadjbeitl.  8  obgletcl).  Order?  9  was  going  about  =  went 
about.  10  Say, /«?  «<?/.  Order?  "  tDemt ;  cf.  26,  n.  4.  l2  Plural, 
"fonbern.  Why?  u  bte.  "laffen.  See  German  above. 


l6  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 


8.    $>ie  uiun&evlum' 

%fy  toeijj  etne  SBriicfe,  bie  ift  ni$t  toon  Sftaurern  unb  3im= 
merleuten/  nt<f>t  au§  £olj  iinb  ntcfyt  aul  Stein  gebaut;  ber 
Hebe  ©ott  fyat  fie  nur  au§  SBaffer  bereiiet.  Sie  toirb  manfy= 
mat  fefyr  fcfynett  fertig,2  toofyl3  in  einer  -ftacfyt,  fann  aber  au$ 
5  hrieber  eben  fo  fd^neE  berfcfylmnben.  @ie  lann  bie  ©onne  unb 
bte  linbe  Suft  nicf)t  bertragen.  ^f>r  ©lanj  berge^t,  fobalb  bie 
(Sonne  rec^t  toarm  barauf  fcfyeint.  2lm  Icingften  bauert  fie  bei 
ftrenger  SSinterf  elite.  25  a  toirb  fie  immer*  bi^er  unb  fefter. 

The  wonderful  Bridge. 

I  have  often  seen  a  wonderful  bridge  which  God  makes 

10  from  nothing  but0  water.     No6  mason  can  build  it'of  stone. 

No  carpenter  has  ever7  built  such8  a  bridge  of  wood.     It9 

often10  disappears  very  quickly,  even  in  a  night,  but  it  is 

often  just  as  quickly  completed.     As11    soon  as  the  sun 

shines  upon  it12  and  it  feels  the  soft  air,  its  splendor  passes 

15  away,   and  it  becomes  water  again.     When  the  cold    of 

winter  is  very  severe,  the  bridge  lasts  longest,13  for  it  then 

becomes  constantly  thicker  and  stronger. 

9.     Zfi  utrin  citcl. 

2U§  ein  beriifymter  SSeifer1  nod)  ein  $nabe  tear,  Ia32  er 

eineS  2lbenb§  feinem  SSater  au§  ben  fyeiltgen  33ud>ern  bor. 

20  (Seine  Sriiber  fd)Iiefen  ein,  unb  er  fpracfy:  ,,@ie^,  3Sater,  affe 


3immermann-  2  fevt'9  Werben  =  get  ready  =  be  com- 
pleted. 3  indeed  =  even.  4  always  thicker  =  constantly  thicker. 
5  al8,  or  say,  as  above,  for  the  whole  phrase,  ituv  ciu«  Staffer.  6  feiu. 
7  je.  8  such  a  =  tine  joldje,  or  jo  einc.  9  Pronoun  ?  I0  Order  ?  "  as 
soon  as  =  jobdlb  (al^).  12  upon  it=  barauf.  I3  Adv.  superl.  as  above. 

1  wise  one  —  sage.     SBeifer  is  an  adj.  used  as  a  noun.       2  Dorlefen 
(dat.)  =  read  before  =  read  aloud  to. 


INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS.  I/ 

fcfylafen;  icb,  attetn  bete  nod)."  £>a  nafym  ttm  fein  SSater  bet 
ber  §anb  unb  tyracb,:  VD  mein  6ob,n,  toare  el  nidjt  beffer, 
aucb,  bit  fcb,  lief  eft,  al§  baft  bu  fo  eitel3  btft  auf  bag,  toaS  bu 
tb,uft?" 

Do  not  be  vain. 

One  evening  a.  father  listened  *  while 6  one  of  his  sons,  5 
who  afterwards6  became  a  famous  sage,  read  aloud  to  him 
out  of  a  sacred   book.      After  the   other  sons  had10fallen 
asleep,  this  [one]  said  to  his  father  that  he  alone  was  still 
praying,7  and  that  all  his  brothers  were  asleep.     Then  his 
father,  taking8  him  by  the  hand,  said  :  "  O  my  son,  you  are  10 
vain  of  what  you  are  doing.     It  would  be  better  for9  you 
to  sleep  than  to  be  vain." 


10.    $et  9Rovgett. 

SDte  ^ftacfyt  ift  tooriiber,  e§  hnrb  fy  eft.    2)ie  ^tifyne  fyaben  fdjon 
eine  ^d^m^1  gefrafyt  unb  ben  SRorgen  berfiinbet.    S)ie  er= 
lwad;enben  SSogel  jtoitfcfyern  tior  ben  ^enftern.    2)ie  -Dtenfcfyen  15 
berlaffen  ba§  Sett.    3Me  <Sonne  ift  unterbeffen  §  inter*  ben 
SBergen  ^erDorgefommen  ;  ifyre  <5trablen  toecfen  bie  nocf)  frf)  la= 
fenben  2;iere.    ^m  ©arten,  auf  ben  28iefen  unb  auf  ben 
gelbern  glanjt  atte§s  toon  fyetlen  ^autro^fen.    2Ba§  geftern 
biirre  tear,  ift  i)eute  toieber  frifcb,  getoorben.    2)ie  SRenfd^en,  20 
toeld^e  geftern  miibe  unb  fc^tdfrig  iraren,  finb  je£t  tuiebcr  ftarf 
unb  gefyen  munter  an  i^re  Arbeit. 


3  eitel  oitf  =  vain  of.  4  ;?ul)oren.  *  mci^renb,  or  al8.  6  fpfiter. 
7  Ind.  dis.  Tense?  8  Say,  then  said  his  father,  as  (inbcm,  or  otS) 
he  him  by  the  hand  took.  9  Say,  that  you  slept  (pret.  subj.),  than 
that  you,  etc.  10  fein. 

1  already  —  for  some  little  time.  2  Ijinter  —  tjerWOtfommen  =  come 
forth  (out  from)  behind.  3  everything. 


1  8  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Morning. 

(The)  night  is  past,  for4  it  is  growing6  light  and  the 
crowing6  of  the  cock  has  already  announced  the  morning. 
The  birds  awaken7  and  twitter  outside8  the  windows,  and 
people  9  rise  10  from  their  beds.  Meanwhile  the  sun  comes 

5  out  from  behind  the  hills,  and  its  beams  fall  upon11  the  still 
sleeping  animals  and  wake  them.  Yesterday  everything 
in12  the  garden,  the  meadows  and  the  fields  was  dry;  to- 
day everything  glitters  with  bright  dewdrops.  People  go 
to  their  work,  for  they  are  now  strong  and  cheerful,  al- 

10  though13  they  were  tired  and  sleepy  yesterday.14 


11.    3>a3  ift  and)  ftu3geg(tttgen. 

@in  §err,  toelcfyer  oft  won  etnem  langtoeiligen  SBefucfyer 
laftigt  toorben  toar,  gab  feinem  SDiener  ben  SBefefyl,  biefen 
fcfyen  ntcfyt  hneber  borjulaffen,1  fonbern  ifyn  fyoflicfy  abjutoeifen.1 
33alb  fam  aucfy  ber  unfrmttlommene  ©aft  unb  fragte  ben  2)iener, 

*5  ob  fein  §err  gu  §aufe  fet.  ,,-ftem,"  anttoortete  ber  Wiener,  ,,cr 
ift  au§gegangen."  ,,^n  biefem  ^atte3/'  bemerfte  ber  Sefud^er, 
,,mod^te  \fy  $fyre  §errin  feften;  id^  babe  ibr  eth)a§  ju  fagen." 
,,6ie  ift  aucb  auegegangen,"  antiuortete  ber  SDiener.  ,,©11^  id^ 
h)erbe  auf  fie  ftmrten  ;  aber  ba  e§  fait  ift,  it>erbe  ic^>  neben  bem 

20  Better  int  (Salon  ^3latj'4  nebmen."  ,,S)a§  ift  aucfy  au^gegangen/' 
fagte  ber  2)tener  tnit  ber  gro^ten  9iube.5 


4  Order  ?  s  iDerben.  6  ba§  ^ratjeit.  7  Srwac^en  is  intrans.  ;  er- 
tnedten  is  trans.  "  toor.  9  bie  2Ttenfd)en.  I0  aufftel)en  au8.  "  auf. 
Case  ?  12  Notice  the  renderings  of  in  above  in  the  German.  13  ob= 
flletcf).  u  Order? 

1  oortaffen  =  let  before  =  admit  (to  one's  presence).  2  abroeifen 
=  direct  away  =  dismiss.  3  in  this  case  =  then.  *  take  place  =  take 
a  seat.  5  rest  =  calmness. 


INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS.  1  9 

That's  out  too. 

A  tedious  visitor  had  so  greatly6  annoyed  a  gentleman 
that  he  at  last  ordered  his  servant  not  to  admit  this  person  7 
again.  When  the  unwelcome  visitor  came  and  asked  the 
servant,  "  Is  your  master  at  home?"  the  latter,8  wishing9  to 
dismiss  him  politely,  said  that  he  was  (gone)  out.  Then  5 
the  visitor  remarked  :  "Tell10  your  mistress  that  I  should 
like11  to  see  her,  as12  I  have  something  to  say  to  her."  The 
servant  answered  that  she  too  was  out.  The  visitor  re- 
marked that  he  would  wait  for13  her,  but  as12  it  was  cold,  he 
would  take  a  seat  by  the  fire  in  the  parlor.  But  the  servant  10 
replied  with  the  greatest  calmness  :  "  That's  out  too." 


12.    <S>ct 

$ett  nad)  bem  £obe  be§  $omponiften  -iJJletyerbeer  fam 
ein  -ifteffe  beSfelben1  ju  Sfoffini  unb  bat  biefen  urn  bte  @rlaub= 
nig,  tfym  einen  £rauermarfcfy  borfptelen  jit  biirfen,2  ben  er  ju 
@I)rens  feineS  DnfelS  fomponiert  batte.  Stofftni  gab  bie  @r=  15 
laubntS  unb  ftorte  bie  tnittelmafjige  ^om^ofttion  gebulbig  an. 
^un,  toa§  benfen  (£ie  babon?"  fragte  ber  junge  SJtann,  nad^= 
bem  er  f  einen  -Jftarfa)  ju  (Snbe4  geftnelt  batte.  ,^ia^t  iibel, 
mein  junger  $reunb/'  anttoortete  9toffini,  i^m  auf  bie  ©djulter 
Ilo^fenb,  ,,aber  fyiibfcfyer  Iware  e§  bod)  getoefen,  toenn  @ie  ge*  20 
ftorben  tociren,  unb  ^^r  Dnfel  ben  SCrauermarfcf;)  fomponiert 
^atte." 

'  Say,  fo  jel)V.  7  SJJenfd)  —  here  depreciatory.  8  biefer.  9  Say, 
who  wished.  Ie  jogen.  "  should  like  =  mbd)te  (gent).  I2  bo. 
13  Preposition  ? 

1  a  nephew  of  the  same  •=  one  of  his  nephews.  2  to  be  allowed. 
3  Jit  Gljretl  =  in  honor  of.  4  played  to  the  end  —  played  through. 


2O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

The  funeral  March. 

A  nephew  of  the  composer  Meyerbeer  composed  a 
funeral  march  in  honor  of  his  uncle.  The  composition  was 
a  very  mediocre  [one],  but  the  young  man  wanted  to  play 
it  to  Rossini.8  Accordingly6  he  went  to7  him  and  asked8 

5  for  (the)  permission  to  play  the  march  to  him.  Rossini 
gave  (the)  permission  and  listened9  patiently,  until10  the 
young  man  had  played  his  march  through.  When  the 
latter  asked  him  what  he  thought  of  it,11  Rossini  slapped 
him  on  the  shoulder  and  answered  :  "The  march  is  not 

10  bad,  my  young  friend.  But  if  you  had  died,  and  the  march 
had  been  composed  by12  your  uncle  in  your  honor,13  it 
would  have  been  nicer." 


13.    SKitffelt  wnfc  »i3marrf. 


©raf  Dbo  iftiiffeft,  ber  englifcb,  e  ©efanbte  am  beittfdjen  §ofe, 
befitcb,  te  eine§  £age§  ben  ^iirften  33i§mat<f  .  -ftacfy  etner  Ian= 

15  geren1  Unterbaltung  bemerfte  ber  ©raf,  bafj  em  SRann  toie  ber 
9fteid)§fan§ler  toofyl2  red)t  oft  toon  langtoetligen  SJJenf^en  mit 
SBefucfyen  geplagt  toerbe.  ,,@ie  baben  aber  borf)  jebenfatt^3  ba^ 
eine  ober  ba§  anbere  *  SRittel,  fic^)  folc^e  Seute  bom  §al[e  ju 
fd^affen/'  6  bemerfte  ber  ©raf.  ,,@t  fretlicfy,"  aniloortete  58i& 

20  marrf.     ,,@tn§  metner  beften  ift,  ba^  icfy  mid^  burc^  meine 


s  Why  bent  9toffini?  6  bafjer.  7  Jil.  Why  ,^u  here  and  the  simp. 
dat.  in  to  Rossini  ?  8  bitten,  or  fragen?  9  gujjoren.  10  bi«.  "of  it 
=  baOOlt.  What  does  baraiT  mean  with  benfen?  Iz  Con.  I3  in  your 
honor  =  3l)nen  gn  (§f)ren. 

1  a  longer  =  a  rather  long.  2  doubtless.  3  bod)  jebenfatlS  =  never- 
theless surely  =  must  surely.  4  the  one  or  the  other  means  —  some 
means  or  other.  5  to  get  such  people  from  your  neck  =  to  get  rid  of 
such  people. 


INTRODUCTORY    SELECTIONS.  21 


unter  biefem  ober  jenem  SSortoanbe  a6rufen  laffe.6 
fann  bann  ber  SBejudjer  nicfyt  langer  blei&en."  tern  fyatte  ber 
giirft  btefe  SBorte  gefyrodfyen,  al§  bie  ^iirftin  fyeretntrat  unb 
fagte:  ,,Dtto,  e§  ift  an  ber  3eit,  beine  Sftebtjin  ju  nefymen."' 
23ei  biefen  SBorten  6ra$  ©raf  Dbo  in  ein  fd)attenbe37  ©e* 
latter  au§.  2tl§  ein  SBeltmann  fajjte8  er  bie  (Sadje  fcon  ber 
^eitern9  ©eite  aitf,  nat>m  feinen  §ut  unb  empfafyl10  fid§. 


Russell  and  Bismarck. 

When  Lord  Odo  Russell  was  the  English  ambassador  at 
the  German  court,  he  was  one  day  making  a  call11  on  (the) 
Prince  Bismarck,  and  after  a  rather  long  conversation  he  10 
remarked  that  the  visits  of  tiresome  people  doubtless  often 
annoyed  a  man  like  the  imperial  chancellor.    "  But  you  can 
surely  get  rid  of  such  people  by12  some  means  or  other," 
continued  ls   Lord   Russell.     "  Of  course,"  said  Bismarck  ; 
"for  example,"  I  often15  have16  my  wife  come  and  call  me  15 
off  on  "  one  pretext  or  another,  and  then  the  visitors  have 
to  leave."    Scarcely  had  Bismarck  spoken  these  words  when 
some  one  18  entered.     It  was  his  wife,  who  said  to  him  that 
he  ought19  to  take  his  medicine.     Lord  Russell,  who  was  a 
man  of  the  world,  saw  the  humorous  side  of  the  affair,20  and  20 
broke  out  into  a  loud  laugh  at21  these  words.    Then  he  took 
his  hat  and  left. 

6  have  myself  called  off.  Observe  the  act.  inf.  7  resounding-  = 
loud.  8  aitffaffcn  =  lay  hold  offtake.  9  cheerful  =  humorous. 
10  fid)  empfehlcn  =  commend  one's  self  (on  leaving)  =  leave.  "  make 
a  call  on  =  bejudjen.  I2  buvd).  "  fovtfoljvciu  u  gum  S3ciipiel. 
IS  Order  ?  I6  laffen.  "  unter.  "  jemanb.  "  fallen,  with  simp.  inf. 
20  affair  =  thing  =  ®Cld)C.  21  bet. 


PART  II. 
EASY   NARRATIVE  SELECTIONS 


EASY   NARRATIVE  SELECTIONS. 


14.    The  rich  Man  and  the  Beggar. 

A  beggar  said  to  a  rich  man  :  "  Brother,  give l  me  some- 
tning."  The  rich  man  asked:  "Since  when2  have*  we 
(then4)  been  brothers ?"  "Why,"5  said  the  beggar,  "are 
we  not  all  sons  of  Adam!"  "You  are6  right,"  said  the 
other,  "I  did  not  think7  of  that8"  ;  and  then  he  gave  the  5 
beggar  a  penny. 

"  But  a  penny  is  a  very  small  present  for  a  brother," 
said  the  beggar.      "What!"  cried  the  rich  man,  greatly 
astonished,  "  friend,  if  all  [the]   sons  of  Adam  gave  you 
as9  much  as  I  [have],  you10  would  soon  be  the  richest  man  10 
on  earth.11" 

15.    The  Boy  in  the  Woods.1 

A  boy  ran  [out]  into  the  woods.  Then  the  oak  said  to 
him:  "Come,2  lie  down  in*  my  shadow."  The  boy  an- 

1  gteb.  2  fett  njamt.  3  have  been  =  are.  Present  for  the  perfect  to 
express  what  still  continues.  4  Contrast  then  here  and  in  1.  5.  s  why 
(of  surprise)  =  ci.  6  be  right  (adj.)  =  rcd)t  (noun)  Ijabni.  7  The 
German  has  only  the  one  form  for  thought,  was  thinking,  did  think. 
8  of  that  =  bai'ail.  See  grammar  for  this  use  of  a  prep,  compound, 
instead  of  the  pron.  and  prep.  9  so.  10  If  the  conditional  clause 
precedes,  invert  the  principal  clause  and  begin  it  with  so.  Thus,  so 
•would  you.  "  cntf  bcr  (Srbe,  or  aitf  Svbni  (old  dat.  sing.). 

1  Sing.  2  Use  bit  in  speaking  to  a  child,  an  animal,  or  an  inanimate 
object.  Form  of  imperative  here?  3Case? 

25 


26  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

swered  :  "When4  I  come  back    I  will6  do  so6;    I  am  not 

tired  now.7" 

Then  he  met  the  lily-of-the-valley.     It "  said  :    "  Come, 

smell  my  fragrance."     The  boy  went  [up]  to9  it,  and  be- 
5    cause  it  smelled  so  sweet,10  he  said  :    "  I  will  take u  you 

along  with   [me]   to12  my  mother."     And  the  flower  was 

satisfied.13 

Then  he  caught14  sight  of  the  red  strawberry.     It  cried 

to  him:  "Come,  pick  me,  I  am  ripe."     Then  the  boy  an- 
10  swered :  "  Strawberry,  I  will  take  you  along  with  [me]   to 

my  sister."     And  the  strawberry  was  satisfied. 

At  last  the  boy  came  to  the  nightshade.    It  cried  to  him  : 

"Come,  eat  me,  I  am  ripe."     The  boy  answered:  "I  do 

not  want15  to  eat  you;    you  look16  poisonous;    but  I  will 
1 5  pick  you  and  show  you  to  my  father " ;    he  knows 18  you 

better  than  I  [do]." 

16.    The  King  and  the  Girl. 

A  king  was1  received2  in  state3  in  a  village.  The  school- 
children and  their  teacher  welcomed  him,  and  a  little  girl 
recited  a  poem  to  him,4  with  which5  he  was  much6  pleased. 

4  When  in  questions  (direct  or  indirect)  is  roann;  referring  to  a 
single  action  in  the  fast  it  is  at§  ;  elsewhere  it  is  Umut.  s  Is  it  future 
(lUtrben),  or  does  it  express  purpose  (tt)oEett)?  6  e3.  7  Better,  now 
am  I.  8  Pronoun  ?  9  $u.  10  Hebftd),  rather  than  jiifj.  "  take  along 
•with  =  mitnetjmen.  12  to  (expressing  motion  to  a  person)  =  gu. 
13  bamit  (or  simply  e$)  ftufrieben.  l4  catch  sight  of  =  erblicfen. 
15  ttjoflen.  I6  look  =  appear  =  auSfehen.  I7  Simple  dat.  I8  femmt, 
not  nriffen.  Why? 

1  A  real  passive;  ttiurbe,  not  tear.  2  receive  (guests)  =  empfaiigeit, 
not  erhatten.  3  in  state  =  feftlid).  *  Simp.  dat.  5  with  which  = 
rooriibcr.  6  Much  (as  adv.)  is  usually  febr,  not  Biel, 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  2/ 

"You  have  performed  your  task  nicely,"  said  the  king. 
"But  now  I  want  to  ask7  you  some  questions.  Where8 
does  that  belong?"  he  asked,  and  showed  the  child  an 
orange. 

"To*  the  vegetable  kingdom,"  answered  the  girl  shyly.  5 
"Where   does  that  belong?"    asked  the    king  again   and 
pointed   to10  a  gold-piece.     "To   the   mineral  kingdom," 
was  the  answer.      "But  where    do   I   then11   belong,    my 
child?"  was  the  third  question.     The  child  looked  at  the 
king  pleasantly  and  said  :   "To  the  kingdom  of  heaven."  10 
Then  a  tear  glistened  in  the  king's  eye,  and  he  lifted  the 
little  girl  up  and  kissed  her. 

17.    A  Greek  General. 

Once,1  when  a  famous  Greek  was  in  command  of  the 
army,  he  learned2  that  his  armor- bearer  had  given  a  pris- 
oner his  freedom  for  money.     "Give  me  back  my  shield,"  15 
the  general  said   to   him,   "  since  money  has  sullied  your 
hands,  you  can  not  be  my  companion  in  dangers." 

The  same  general  once3  answered  some  one  who  wanted 
to  bribe  him  :  "If  that  which4  your  king  wishes,  is  right, 
I  shall  do  it  for  nothing5 ;  but6  if  it  is  not  right,  he  has  not  20 
treasures  enough  to1  bribe  me." 

And  yet8  his  poverty  was  really  so  great  that  he  had  only 

7  ftcQen,  for  euphony's  sake.  8  tt)ol)tn.  9  in  (ace.).  I0  auf.  Case? 
»  Cf.  25,  n.  4. 

1  einft.  2  learn  =  to  get  by  experience,  or  from  the  reports  of 
others  =  Ctfahrcn,  not  Icrrtcn.  3  Order  ?  4  that,  -which  =  bdS,  roa« 
(not  roetche?,  or  ba§).  3  for  nothing  =  umfonfh  6  but  </"=  if  how- 
ever (aber).  7  in  order  (urn)  me  to  (311)  bribe.  8  bocf).  Order? 


28  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

one  mantle.  He  was  asked '  one  day 10  why  he  had u  nol 
gone  out  for"  some  days.  "My  mantle  is  in  the  wash  just 
now,"  he  said. 

18.    The  Officer  and  the  Peasant. 

In  one  of  the  European  wars  an  officer  was  once  sent 

5  out  to1  search  [for]  fodder  for  the  horses.  He  rode  fof 
a  long  time2  in  a  lonely  valley  and  saw  no  one,  but  at  last3 
he  caught  sight  of  a  miserable  hut.  When  he  knocked  at4 
the  door,  an  old  man  came  out.6  "  Show  me  a  field,  old 
[man],"  said  the  officer,  "where  my  men  can  get  fodder 

10  for  the  horses." 

The  peasant  went6  on  before  them,  and  after  about  a 
quarter  of  an  hour,  they  came  to  a  fine  barley-field.  "  Here 
is  what  we  are  searching  [for],"  said  the  officer.  "Not 
yet,"  answered  the  peasant  and  went  on.7  They  followed 

15  him8  and  came  at  last  to  another  barley-field. 

After9  the  soldiers  had1*  mowed  the  grain  and  bound  it 
on10  their  horses,  and  were11  about  to  ride  away  again,  the 
officer  said:  "You  have  led12  us  further  than  was  neces- 
sary, old  [man]  ;  the  first  field  was  better  than  this."  "I 

20  know  it,"  answered  the  peasant,  "but  it  was  not  mine." 

9  2ftan  fragte  tfjn.  I0  Case?  "  Indirect  discourse.  Use  subj. 
mode  and  the  tense  of  the  direct  discourse ;  but  avoid  generally  a 
subj.  form  identical  with  the  indie,  by  using  pret.  for  pres.,  etc. 
l*for  =  since  .=  jett. 

1  in  order  to.  2  for  a  long  time  =  langc.  3  Better,  at  last  however. 
4  an.  Case?  5  hcrauS.  Why  not  binauS?  6 go  on  before  one  = 
einem  worancjebcn.  7  roeitcr.  8Case?  *  after  (as  conj.)  =  nadjbem, 
not  merely  narf).  I0  Qllf.  Case?  "  be  about  to  =  cben  toollen,  or  tm 
jein.  I2  Arr.,  us  further  led  than  necessary  was.  13  Cf.  44,  n.6. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  2Q 


19.    The  Lion  and  the  Fox. 

There '  was  once  a  fox  that  had  never  seen  a  lion ;  and 
so,  when  he  saw  one  [for]  the  first  time,2  he  was8  so  fright- 
ened that  he  did  not  know  what  to  do.4 

The  lion  did  him5  no  harm ;  and  the  fox  crept  off,  and 
ran  to  his  hole  and  there  hid.8     He  stayed  in  it '  until  he  5 
had8  to  search  [for]  food,  and  then  he  crept  out9  in  great 
fear. 

But  the  fox  once  more10  met  the  same  lion  some  days 
after  this.11  This  time  the  fox  was  not  [quite]  so  much 
frightened.  He  looked  the  great  king12  of  (the)  beasts  in  the  10 
face13;  and  instead  of  creeping14  away  in  fright,15  as16  be- 
fore, trotted"  off  slowly,  and  even18  stopped  and  looked19 
around. 

A  third  time 20  the  fox  met  the  lion ;    and  this  time  he 
went  up21  to  him,  as  if  there  was  nothing22  to  fear.     He  15 
seemed  to  say :    "  Good  morning,  Mr.  Lion ;  how  do  you 
do 23  this  fine  day 24  ?     I  hope M  Mrs.  Lion  and  the  little 
[ones]  are  all  well." 

1  there  was  once  =  e«  tt)£ir  etrtmat.  2  time  —  mat.  3  Observe  that 
the  subor.  clause  has  preceded.  *  Say,  what  he  should  do.  s  hint  no 
harm  —  if)m  ntdjtS  git  ?db.  6  Refl.  7  Cf.  25,  n.  8.  * have to  =  miiffeil. 
9  I)inau8,  or  heraitS?  10  once  more  =  again.  "  Say,  after  some  days, 
or  some  days  (ace.)  afterwards.  I2  Dat.  I3  Ace.  I4  Inf.  with  JU. 
15  The  modifiers  of  an  inf.  precede  the  inf.  16  WtC  toovfjer.  I7  trotted 
he  slowly  off.  "  even  stopped '=  blieb  jogar  ftebeit.  I9  Refl.  *°  jurn 
brittenmat.  2I  up  —  hilt,  or  beratt.  Order?  »  Say,  as  if  he  had 
(subj.)  no  fear.  23  do  (of  health)  =  fid)  bcfmbeit.  **  Ace.  2S  The 
order  of  the  subor.  clause  depends  on  the  expression  or  omission  of 
bofj.  Cf.  §  8,  i. 


3O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

20.   Some  Fables. 

Some  ripe  grapes  were  hanging  high l  up  on  a  grape-vine. 

A  fox  came  by,  saw  the  grapes,  and  wanted2  them.     He 

sprang  up3  and  tried  to  seize  them,   but  in  vain.     That 

made  him  very  angry,  and  he  cried  :     "  I  do  not  want  the 

5    grapes  at  all ;  they  are  too  sour  for  me.4 " 

The  hare  challenged  the  tortoise  to  a  race,  and  she  con- 
sented. A  large  oak  was5  to  be  the  goal,  and  the  race  was 
to  begin  the  next  morning.6  Very  early  in  the  morning7 
the  tortoise  started8  on  her  way,  and  crawled  slowly  towards 

10  the  tree.  The  hare,  however,  played  around  in  the  grass 
for  a  long  time,  but  at  last  he  began  to  run  and  soon 
caught9  up  with  the  tortoise.  Then  he  lay  down  in  the 
shadow  of  a  large  tree  and  fell  fast  asleep.  The  tortoise 
neither10  rested  nor  slept,  but  crawled  slowly  towards  the 

15  goal.  Late  in  the  afternoon  the  hare  waked  up  and  ran 
as  fast11  as  he  could  till  he  came  to  the  oak.  But  the  tor- 
toise was  already  there  and  had  won  the  race. 

The  tortoise  wanted  to  learn  to "  fly.  She  went  to  the 
eagle,  therefore,13  and  asked11  him  to  teach  her  to  fly.16 

1  high  up  on  =  hod)  oben  an.  2  wanted  =  hjoflte —  fyaben.  3  in  bie 
§bb,e;  into  the  air,  not  to  his  feet,  is  meant.  *  me  (dat.)  too  sour. 
5  was  to  =  folltc.  @cllcn  often  expresses  what  is  a  matter  of  agree- 
ment or  report.  6  Definite  time,  and  the  phrase  not  dependent  on  an 
adv.  Use  ace.  or  an  with  dat.;  thus,  ben  ncidjftcn  2ftora.cn,  or  am 
itacfjften  2ftora.cn.  7  The  time  phrase  here  depends  on  an  adv.  Use 
gen.  or  an  with  dat. ;  thus,  fvfif)  2ftorgen«,  or  fritl)  am  2ftorgen.  *  fttf) 
auf  ben  2Beg  tnadjcn.  9  catch  up  with  =  einholen.  I0  An-.,  the  tor- 
toise rested  not,  nor  (nod))  slept  she,  but  (foilbern)  she.  "  Say,  so  fast 
he  could,  or  what  he  could.  "  I'enicil  and  Ichmi  both  take  the 
inf.  without  flit.  "  therefore  to  the  eagle.  Cf .  §  i,  i.  u  Notice  the 
difference  between  ask  here  and  in  the  next  line.  Is  her  fly  to  teach. 
Cf.  §  i,  3- 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  31 

The  eagle  asked  :  "How  can  you  fly  without  wings?"  But 
the  tortoise  still16  wished  to  learn  to  fly  and  still  begged  the 
eagle  to  teach  her.  So  "  the  eagle  took  her  between 18  his 
claws  and  flew  high  [up]  into  the  air  with  her.  Then  he 
let  her  loose,  and  she  fell  down 19  upon  a  stone  and  was 20 
dashed  to  pieces. 


21.  [Little]  Red  KM  in  a- hood.1 

Once  there  was  a  little  girl  who 2  was  called  [little]  Red 
Riding-hood,  because  she  always  wore  a  red  hood.  She 
had  an  old  grandmother,  who  lived  all3  alone  in  a  large 
wood,  and  who  was  very  kind  to4  her,  for6  she  had  given  10 
her  her  red  hood  and  many  other  pretty  things  besides.6 
Now,7  the  grandmother  was  ill.  The  mother  of  the  little 
girl  cooked 8  some  cakes  one  day,  and  said  to  her :  "  Red 
Riding-hood,  take  *  some  of  these  cakes  [to]  your  grand- 
mother, for  she  is  ill  and  can  not10  cook  any  [for]  herself.11  15 
Take  her  also  this  bowl  full  [of]  soup.  Be  very  careful 
on12  the  way.  Do  not  run,  lest  you  fall  [down]  and  break 
the  bowl;  and  keep13  in  the  path  all14  the  time,  [so]  that 
you  [will]  not  get  lost.15  " 

"Order?  "  9Hfo.  I8  between  =  in.  Case?  "  herab,  or  Ijinob ? 
30  Cf.  26,  n.  i. 

1  SRotfctypdjen.  2  The  rel.  must  be  neut.  as  it  stands  next  to  the 
noun,  but  she,  in  the  next  line  and  elsewhere,  may  be  fern.  3  gang. 
4  gegen.  s  Order  after  bemt  ?  6  nod).  Arr.,  besides  many  other  things 
(@ttd)en).  7  9hut,  with  a  comma  after  it,  would  mean  -well.  To  give 
the  meaning  here,  omit  the  comma  and  invert,  inserting  fiber.  Thus, 
nun  abcr  roav.  8  bacfen,  not  fodjen  (boil).  9  Not  nebmen.  10  not  — 
any  =  fein.  "  Himself,  herself,  themselves,  when  reflexive,  are  ftd) 
(jelbft).  I2  CWf.  "  Say,  remain  upon.  '<  all  =  whole  =  gang.  Arr., 
the  whole  time.  Ji  get  lost  =  jtd)  ttertaitfeil. 


32  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Red  Riding-hood  started  on  her16  way.  In  the  wood  a 
wolf  met  her,17  but  she  was  not  afraid  of  him.  He  said  : 
"Good  morning,18  little  Red  Riding-hood.  Where19  are 
you  going  so  early?  "  She  answered  :  "  I  am  going  to  my 

5  dear  grandmother's.20  Mother  has  cooked  some  cakes, 
which  I  wish21  to  take  [to]  her,  together23  with  some  soup, 
[so]  that  she  may  get23  stronger."  The  wolf  said  :  "Where 
does  your  grandmother  live?"  Red  Riding-hood  an- 
swered :  "  Back 2*  in  the  forest,  where  a  big  oak  and  lilac 

10  trees  stand  before  a  cottage." 

'"Wouldn't  you  like25  to  take  her  a  bouquet?"  said  the 
wolf.  Red  Riding-hood  saw  the  beautiful  flowers  in  the 
wood  and  thought  it  would  be  nice  to  do  so.26  She 
plucked  red  and  white  and  blue  flowers  and  made  a  bou- 

15  quet  of  them.27  While28  doing  this,  however,  she  got  off29 
the  path,  and  it  was  a  long  time 80  before  she  found  it 
again. 

Meantime  the  wolf  had*  run  to  the  cottage  and  knocked 
at  the  door.  "Who  is  out  there31?"  cried  the  grand- 

20  mother.  "Red  Riding-hood,"  answered  the  wolf.  "I 
bring  you  some  cakes  and  soup.  Please32  open  the  door." 
The  grandmother  said  :  "  I  can't  get  out  of33  bed ;  I  am 
ill.  Press  on  the  latch,  and  then  the  door  will  open." 


16  the.  l?  In  the  inverted  or  the  transposed  order  a  pronoun 
object  usually  precedes  a  noun  subject.  I8  Case?  I9  where  — 
whither  =  lrjof)in.  20  Dat.  with  Jit.  2I  Wish  to  is  here  tt>ollen. 
22  Omit  together,  or  say,  and  some  soup  thereto  (ba^lt).  23  get  =  become. 
24  htnten.  2S  mocfjteft  bit.  26  that  to  do.  "  barauS.  28  Say,  while 
she  did  this.  29  Say,  came  she  however  from  the  path  off  (ab).  ^  Cf. 
28,  n.  2.  3I  out  there  =  (ba)  brailfjen.  32  Comma  after  bittc,  if  open 
is  imperative.  Contrast  open  here  and  in  1.  23.  33  get  out  of=  ailf* 
ftcljeu  cm«  bent.  *  Aux.  ? 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  33 

The  wolf  did  so M  and  went  into  the  room  and  devoured  the 
grandmother.  Then  he  put  on*6  her  clothes  and  her  cap, 
and  lay  [down]  in  the  bed  and  covered  himself  up. 

Soon'6  little  Red  Riding-hood  came  and  knocked  at  the 
door.     The  wolf  said,  "Who  is  there?"     She  answered:  5 
"Red   Riding-hood,    grandma.       Please   open  the    door." 
The  wolf  answered  :  "  I  can't  get  out  out  of  bed ;  I  am  ill. 
Press  on  the  latch,  and  then  the  door  will  open."     The 
little  girl  entered  the  room  and  said  :  "  Grandma,  I  have 
some  cakes  and  some  soup  for  you.     Where  shall 37  I  put  10 
them?"     The  wolf  answered:     "Put   them  on  the  little 
table  by  the  door,  and  then  come  to  me." 

The  little  girl88  grew  quite  anxious,  for  the  voice  of  the 
wolf  did  not  sound  like 39  her  grandmother's.40  She  went  to 
the  bed,  however.41  Then  she  said:  "Oh,  grandmother,  15 
how  strange  you, look  !  You  have  such42  big  ears."  "  [So] 
that  I  can  hear  you  better."  "You  have  such  big  eyes." 
"  [So]  that  I  can  see  you  better."  "Grandmother,  what48 
big  hands  you  have."  "  [So]  that  I  can  lay  hold  of  you 
better."  "  But,  grandmother,  what  a  fearfully  large  mouth  20 
you  have."  "  [So]  that  I  can  eat  you  better."  And  with 
that  the  wolf  jumped  out  of  the  bed,  devoured  little  Red 
Riding-hood,  and  lay  down  again.  He  had  eaten  too 
much,  and  soon 44  fell  asleep  and  snored.  . 

34  When  so  is  a  sort  of  indef.  obj.  of  a  verb  or  represents  in 
predicate  a  preceding  word  or  phrase,  it  is  translated  by  e$,  for  which 
b(l8  is  substituted  when  emphatic,  or  at  the  beginning  of  the  sen- 
tence. x  Two  different  verbs  for  put  on  here ;  see  vocab.  *  Say, 
soon  after-wards  (bavaitf).  37  When  shall  expresses  obligation  (am 
to,  ought  to,  etc.\  use  fallen,  not  luerbcn.  38  G8  ttmrbe  bem  fletnen 
2ftabd)CU  gaitj  baitflC.  Notice  this  dat.  construction.  39  like  (as  adv.) 
=  tt)ie,  not  glcirf),  or  cihnltd).  4°  that  (btc)  of  her  grandmother 
"Order?  **  jo,  rather  than  fold)e.  43  U)a8  fiiv,  or  roctd)'.  **  Order? 


34  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Then  a  hunter  came  along 45  and  heard  the  snoring,46  and 
he  thought :  "I  will  see  how  the  old  woman  is."  "  He  went 
into  the  room  and  saw  the  wolf  lying48  in  the  bed.  Quickly 
he  took  his  rifle  to  shoot  it  dead,  but  then  it  occurred  to 

5  him  :  "  Perhaps  the  monster  has  devoured  the  old  woman, 
and  if  I  shoot  him  dead,  shfcwULhave  to  die  too.49 "  He 
took  his  hunting-knife,  therefore,60  and  began  to  rip  open 
the  wolf.  Soon  a  red  hood  appeared,  and  little  Red  Riding- 
hood  jumped  quickly  out  of  the  wolf,  and  her  grandmother 

10  too.  They  then 61  thanked  the  hunter.  But  little  Red 
Riding-hood  ran  out  and  got62  some  stones  and  put"  them 
into  the  wolf.  At  last  the  wolf  waked  up,  sprang  quickly 
out  of  bed,  and  fell "  dead. 

Then  they  were  all  very  glad.     The  hunter  pulled  off  the 

15  wolf's  hide  and  took  it  with  [him.]  The  grandmother  ate 
the  soup  and  then  the  cakes,  but  she  gavev  the  child  some 
of55  them.  Little  Red  Riding-hood  then  said,  "  Good  bye, 
dear  grandmother,"  went  through  the  wood,  and  took  care 
not  to  get  out  of  the  path  again.  She  told  her  mother 

20  everything,  and  the  latter 66  was  very  glad  to  have  her  little 
girl  again. 

22.   Why  the  Sea  is  salt. 

Long  ago  there l  were 2  two  brothers.  The  one  was  rich, 
and  the  other  was  poor.  It  was  just  before  Christmas,  but 

45  torbet.  **  Inf.  as  noun ;  see  grammar.  47  be  (of  health)  =  jt(f> 
beftllbeit.  **  Inf.  49  so  must  she  too.  s°  he  took  therefore  (bttb,er)- 
51  Order?  52  (go and}  get  =  boleil.  "  legen.  S4  fell  dead  down 
(nieber).  ss  toon.  Cf.  25,  n.  8.  *  btefer. 

1  The  expletive  e8  must  be  omitted  unless  it  precedes  the  verb 
Why?  Meben. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  35 

the  poor  man  had  nothing  in  the  house  for  his  Christmas 
dinner  * ;  so  *  he  went  to  his  brother  and  asked  him  for 6 
something.  The  rich  man  got  angry,  when  he  heard  his 
brother's  request,  but,  as6  everybody  gives  gifts  at7  Christ- 
mas, he  took  a  ham,  and  threw  it  at8  his  brother,  and  5 
said  :  "  Go  away,  and  never  come  back  again."  The  poor 
man  thanked  the  rich  [one]  for  the  ham,  put 9  it  under  his 
arm,  and  started  on  his  way  home. 

•    He  had  to  go  through  a  great  forest.     In  the  midst  of 
it,10  he  saw  an  old  man,  who  was  cutting11  wood.     "  Good  10 
evening,"  he  said  to  him.     "  Good  evening,"   said  the  old 
man.     "  You 12  have  a  fine  ham  under  your  arm.     Where ls 
did   you   get   it?"      Thereupon   the   poor  man  told  him 
[about]  it.      "It's   lucky"   for  you,"    said  the  old  man, 
"  that  you  have  met  me.     You  can  become  the  richest  man  15 
on  earth,  if  you  will  take  that 16  ham  into  the  land  of  the 
dwarfs  and  sell  it* [to]  them.     The  entrance  to  that  land 
is  under   this    tree.      Dwarfs1*    like  ham  very  much  and 
rarely  get  it.     But  you  must  not  sell  it  for  money.     Sell  it 
for  the  old  hand-mill  which  stands  behind  the  door.     I  will  20 
teach  you  [how]  to  use  it." 


3  Compound;  see  vocab.  *  so  =  therefore  =  aljo,  or  unb  jo, 
rather  than  simply  jo.  s  lUtt.  6  bci.  7  Jit.  8  nod).  9  There  is 
motion  from  one  place  to  another  implied  in  put  (ftcrfeit).  What  case 
after  miter?  10  beSJelben.  "  Ijacfeii.  "  It  is  customary  in  such 
stories  as  this  and  the  two  following  to  use  itjr,  not  @ic,  as  the 
polite  form.  "  rooljer.  Say,  U)0  Ijabt  il)V  ifiit  her,  or  (less  frequently) 
ttioher  habt  U)i"  ihn.  Observe  that  luoher  (lit.  -whence)  is  followed 
by  a  form  of  have,  not  of  get  or  some  other  verb.  l4  lucky  =  a  luck 
=  eilt  ©tiicf.  IJ  Unless  distinctly  pointing  out  the  more  remote  ob- 
ject, or  contrasting  one  object  with  another,  use  biejer,  not  jencr,  for 
that.  16  Prefix  def.  art.  Why?  *  May  be  berjctbc.  Why? 


36  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

The  poor  man  thanked  his  new  friend,  who  showed  him 
the  door  under  a  stone  under  the  tree.  Through  this  door 
he  entered  into  the  land  of  the  dwarfs.  As"  soon  as  he 
had  entered,  the  dwarfs  smelled  the  ham  and  came  to  him. 
5  They  wanted  to  buy  it  with  gold  and  silver,  but  he  said 
that  he  would  sell  it  only  for  the  old  hand-mill  behind  the 
door.  The  dwarfs  looked  astonished  and  shook  their18 
heads.  "  You  do  not  wish  to  buy  it,"  said  the  poor  man, 
"  so  I  shall  go  home."  But  the  odor  of  the  ham  had  filled 
to  all  parts  of  the  land  of  the  dwarfs,  and  all19  the  other  dwarfs 
came  running 20  up  and  wished  to  buy  the  ham.  "  Give  him 
the  mill,"  said  the  king,  "  it  is  broken,  and  he  will  not  be 
able  to  use  it.  Give  it  [to]  him,  for  we  must  have  the  ham." 
So  the  ham  was  sold.  The  poor  man  took  the  mill,  which 
15  was  not  half  so  large  as21,  the  ham,  and  went  back  to22  the 
woods.  The  old  man  taught  him  [how]  to  use  it.  It  was 
now  midnight,  and  he  hurried  home. 

His  wife  was  very  glad  to  see  him,  for  she  was  very  cold 

and  hungry.     There  was23  no  wood  for  the  fire  and  nothing 

20  to  eat.     She  wept  bitterly,  when  he  told  her  he  had  nothing 

but24  the  old  hand-mill.     He  placed  the  little  hand-mill  on 

the  table  and  began  to  turn  the  crank.     He  wished25  for 

light,  fire,  and  something  to  eat.     As  soon  as  he  began  to 

turn  the  crank,  a  lighted 28  candle,  a  fire,  and  a  fine  supper 

25  came  out  of  the  mill.     Then  he  wished  for  a  tablecloth  and 

17  Say,  so  soon  (as).  I8  Say,  the  head,  or  with  the  head.  Where  no 
ambiguity  can  arise,  the  German  commonly  substitutes  the  def.  art. 
for  the  poss.  adj.  Cf.  also  §  39,  n.  13.  I9  alt'  Me,  or  alle  Me.  20  her. 
beigelaufen  ;  idiom  with  lommen.  2I  It  seems  preferable  to  use  al9 
to  express  difference  of  degree,  and  tt>ie  to  express  equality.  This 
distinction  is,  however,  by  no  means  always  observed.  22  to  =  into. 
23  there  was  no  =  e§  War  few  —  ba,  or  say,  she  had  no.  **  alS. 
25  Say,  he  wished  himself  (ftd),  dat.)  light  (ace.).  26  brcimenb. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  37 

dishes  and  spoons  and  knives  and  forks,  and  when  he 
turned  the  crank,  they,  too,  came  out.  He  was  much 
astonished  at27  his  good  luck,  and  his  wife  was  almost 
beside 2"  herself  with  w  joy  and  astonishment.  They  had  a 
fine  supper,  and  after  it  was  eaten,  they  ground  out  of  the  5 
mill  all  that30  they  wished  to31  make  themselves  and  the 
house  warm  and  comfortable. 

When  (the)  people  went  by32  the  house  to33  church  the 
next  day,  they  were  much  astonished  to  find  glass  in  the 
windows  instead  of  a  wooden  shutter.  The  poor  man  10 
and  his  wife  went  to  church  in  their  nice  new  clothes. 
"That  is  all  very  strange,34"  said  every  one.  "Very  strange, 
indeed,35 "  said  the  rich  man  to  himself,  when  three  days 
afterwards  he 36  was  invited  to  a  grand  feast  at 37  the 
house  of  his  once38  poor  brother.  And  what39  a  feast  it  15 
was  !  The  table  was  covered  with  a  cloth  as 40  white  as 
snow,  and  the  dishes  were  all  of  silver  and  gold.  The 
rich  man  had  not  money  enough  to  buy  such  fine  things." 
"Where  did  you  get  all42  these  things?"  asked  he.  His 
brother  told  him  about  the  dwarfs  and  the  mill.  Then  20 
he  set  it  on  the  table  again,  and  ground  out  boots  and 
shoes  and  clothing  for  the  poor  people  who  had  come  to 
his  house  to  see  the  grand  feast  which  he  had  made  for  his 
brother.  The  rich  man  was  envious  of  his  brother's  good 
luck  and  wanted  to  borrow  the  mill.  He  wished  to  get  it  25 

27  iibcr  (ace.).  28  beside  herself  =  auger  fief).  2'  Dor.  3°  atteS,  IDaS. 
For  this  use  of  tt)a«  (instead  of  l»eld)e«  or  ba§)  after  neut.  pronouns, 
indefinites,  etc.  see  grammar.  Cf.  27,  n.  4.  3I  The  safe  plan  is  to  use 
Itm  —  Jit  whenever  to  can  be  changed  to  in  order  to.  **  an  (dat.)  — 
Dorbei.  33  jjur.  **  feltfam,  or  nnmberlid).  35  Indeed  may  become  in 
ber  Shot.  36  Order  ?  37  in.  38  ctnft.  3'  roeld)'  cut.  4°  as  —  as  = 
(ebcn)  fo  —  lute.  4I  ©adje.  «2  For  all  cf.  36,  n.  19. 


8  8  0  7 


$8  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

and  never  return  it.  His  brother  did  not  lend  it  [to]  him, 
for  the  old  man  in  the  woods  had  told  43  him  never  to  sell 
or  lend  it. 

After  some  years  the  owner  of  the  mill  built  himself4*  a 

5  splendid  castle  on  a  rock  by45  the  sea.  Many  people  came 
to  see  the  castle  and  the  wonderful  mill.  At  last  a  very 
rich  merchant  came  and  asked  whether  the  mill  would46 
grind  salt.  He  was  told  47  that  it  would.  Then  he  wanted 
to  buy  it.  He  bought  and  sold  salt,  and  thought,48  if  he 

10  could  own  the  mill,  he  could  become  still  richer.  The  poor 
man  would  49  not  sell  it,  of  course.65  He  was  very  rich  and 
did  not  use  the  mill  for  himself,  but  he  ground  out  presents 
for  all  the  poor  people  who  came  to  him.  The  merchant 
bribed  one  of  the  servants,  and  so  51  stole  the  mill  and  sailed 

15  away  with  it. 

When  he  could  no  longer  see  the  land,  he  said  to  the 
mill,  "Grind  salt,  grind  salt;"  and  he  kept52  on  saying, 
"Grind  salt,  only  salt."  The  mill  began  to  grind  salt,  and 
the  merchant  filled  all53  the  ship  with  it.  When  the  ship 

20  was  full,  the  merchant  told  51  the  mill  to  stop  grinding,55  but 
it  kept  on  grinding  55  and  filled  the  ship  so  full  that  it  sank. 
Now  the  mill  lies  at66  the  bottom  of  the  sea  and  keeps 
grinding  salt,  and  that  is  why  57  the  sea  became  salt. 

43  Insert  he  should  (folle).    **  ftcf)  (dat.).    4S  an.    *  Ind.  dis.    *7  Say, 


49  roollen  ;  why  not  Werben?  s°  Order?  5I  If  the  same  subject  is  re- 
tained, the  second  member  of  this  sentence  must  have  the  same  order 
as  the  first  ;  therefore  say,  stole  therefore  the  mill.  Or  if,  as  seems 
preferable  here,  it  is  desired  to  change  the  order  for  any  reason,  a 
new  subject  must  be  inserted  ;  that  is,  one  may  say  here,  so  stole  he 
the  mill.  52  kept  on  saying  =  fnbr  fort  ju  fagen,  or  fagte  immer  fovt. 
s3  Cf.  31,  n.  14.  54  tell  =  command  ;  or  cf.  n.  43.  ss  to  grind,  or  with 
the  grinding  (inf.  as  noun).  s6  auf.  57  that  is  why  =  therefore. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  39 

23.    Puss-in-Boots. 

There  was  once  a  poor  miller  who  owned  only  a  mill,  a 
donkey,  and  a  cat.1  When  he  died,  he  left2  his  mill  [to]  his 
oldest  son,  his  donkey  to  the  second,  and  his  cat  to  the 
youngest.  The  latter  felt  very  sad  over  what*  his  father 
had  done.  With  the  mill  and  the  donkey  his  two  brothers  5 
could 4  earn  their  living,5  he  said  to  himself,  but  he  feared 
that  he  should 6  have  to  starve. 

The  cat  heard  him  thus  talking'  to  himself.  He  came 
up 8  to  his  kind-hearted  master  and  said  :  "  Do  *  not  be  so 
sad.  Trust  in  me,  and  I  will  help  you.  Give  me  a  bag,  10 
and  get 10  a  pair  of  boots  made  for  me,  that  I  may  make  my 
way11  through  the  mire  and  the  brambles,  and  you  will  soon 
see  what  I  can  do." 

The  poor  youth  was  too  sad  to  believe  what  the  cat  said, 
but  still12  he  bought  the  bag  and  had  the  little  boots  made  15 
for  him.     Puss  put  on  the  boots  and  hung  the  bag  around 
his  "  neck.     Then  he  started  off  to  the  woods.     He  put u 
some  parsley,  which  rabbits15  like  very  [much],  into  the 
bag  and  laid  it  on  the  ground.     The  rabbits  did  not  think 
that  he  would  do  them  any  harm,16  and  so  a  plump  [one]  20 
soon  put  its  head  into  the  bag  to17  eat  the  pacsley.     Then 
Puss  pulled  the   string  in18  the  mouth19  of  the  sack  and 

1  Use  $ater  for  cat  and  puss  throughout  this  selection.  2  Not 
laffen.  3  baS,  \va%.  But  why  simply  tt>a«  in  1.  13  and  14?  4  Mode 
and  tense  ?  s  Say  bread,  6  Mode  and  tense  ?  7  Inf.  without  JU  after 
bovett.  8  Cf.  29,  n.  21.  9  Cf.  35,  n.  12.  10  get  (with  dependent  verb) 
=  laffen  with  act.  inf.  "  make  my  way  —  fontmeit.  I2  Say,  but  he 
bought  still  (bod)).  I3  ftcf)  itm  ben  £at$.  The  German  uses  along 
with  the  def.  art.  representing  a  poss.  adj.  (cf.  36,  n.  18)  a  dat.  of  the 
person  when  this  dat.  can  be  construed  as  the  indirect  obj.  of  the 
verb.  u  flerfen.  15  Cf.  35,  n.  16.  I6  Say,  do  them  (dat.)  anythitig  for 
harm  (jju  2eib).  l7  Cf.  37,  n.  31.  "  an,  or  um.  I9  Offnung. 


4O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

killed  the  rabbit.     In  the  same  way 20  he  killed  one  or  two 
more.21 

Then  he  went  straight  to 22  the  court  and  asked  for  an 
audience  with 23  the  king.  When  he  came  before  the  mon- 
5  arch,  who  was  seated  on  a  throne,  with  the  princess,  his 
daughter,  by  his  side,  he  made  a  graceful  bow  and  said  : 
"Your  majesty,  I  have  brought  these  rabbits  from  the  estate 
of  my  good  and  kind 2l  master,  the  Marquis  of  Carabas,  who 
commissioned  me  to  lay  them  at  your  majesty's  feet.25 " 

10  The  cat  had  himself  given  his  master  that  title.  The 
king  was  very  [much]  pleased,26  graciously  accepted  the 
gift,  and  sent 27  his  thanks  to  the  marquis. 

Not  long  after  this28  Puss  heard  that  the  king  was  going29 
to  take  a  drive  by30  the  river's  side,  and  that  his  lovely 

15  daughter  would  accompany  him.  He  said  to  his  master  : 
"  If  you  follow  my  advice,  your  fortune  is  made.  Bathe 
in  the  river  at  the  place31  which  I  shall  show  you,  and 
leave32  the  rest  [to]  me." 

The  young  man  did  what  the  cat  advised  him  [to  do], 

20  without  knowing33  why.  While  he  was  bathing,  the  king 
and  the  royal  party  passed  by.  Puss-  in-boots  came  run- 
ning "*  after  them  and  called  out  as  loud  [as]  he  could  : 
"  Help  !  help  !  my  good  lord,  the  Marquis  of  Carabas,  is  in 
danger  of  drowning.35" 

25      The  king,  seeing36  it  was  the  same  cat  that  had  brought 

20  in  the  same  -way  =  aitf  bicfdbe  2Setfe.  2I  nod).  Put  before  one. 
m  an  (ace.).  23  bci.  **  UcbenSnmrbta,  here.  2S  Say,  your  majesty 
(dat.)  to  (jit)  feet.  26  Insert  thereat  (bariiber).  Z7  send  thanks  to  = 
banfen  laffen.  28  Not  nad)  btefem.  **  As  was  going  merely  expresses 
futurity,  what  will  it  become  in  the  ind.  dis.?  *•  by  —  side  =  an 
(dat.).  3I  an  ber  @tefle.  **  itberlaffcn.  33  Inf.  M  iljnen  nadjgclaufen. 
Cf.  36,  n.  20.  M  Inf.  with  JU.  36  since  (or  when)  the  king  saw, 
ordered  he. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  41 

him  the  rabbits,  ordered  his  servants  to  help  the  poor  mar- 
quis. Puss  told  the  king  that  while  his  master  was  bathing, 
some  thieves  had37  stolen  his  clothes.  This  was  not  true, 
for  Puss  had  hidden  them  behind  a  tree. 

Accordingly  a   servant  went  to  the   palace  and  got  a    5 
splendid  suit  for  the  marquis.     It  became  him  very  much,38 
and  he  looked  so  handsome  that  the  king's  daughter  fell 39 
in  love  with  him,  and  the  king  requested 40  him  to  get 41  into 
the  coach. 

The  cat,  who  was  glad  to  find  that  his  plan  was  so  10 
successful,  ran42  on  before  him,  and  seeing43  some  reapers 
who  were  reaping  corn  in  a  corn-field,  he  said  to  them  : 
"  You  good "  people  who  4S  are  reaping,  if  you  do  not  say 
that  all46  this  corn  belongs  to  my  master,  the  Marquis  of 
Carabas,  you  shall  all  be  cut  to  pieces."  15 

The  reapers  were  frightened  at  what47  the  cat  said,  and 
were  ready  to  do  as  he  commanded.  When  the  king 
passed  by  and  wanted  to  know  to  whom  all  the  corn  be- 
longed, they  cried,  "  To  the  Marquis  of  Carabas." 

The  cat  ran  on  before  the  coach  and  uttered  the  same  20 
threat  to 48  all  he  met  with,  and  the  king  was  astonished  at 
the  great  wealth  of  the  marquis. 

Not  long  after  this  the  cat  came  to  a  grand  castle  which 
had  a  fine  entrance.     The  castle  was  surrounded  by  mag- 
nificent trees,  and  was  the  home 49  of  an  ogre.     Puss  went  25 
into  the  castle,  and  in  a  few  moments  he  was  busy 50  chatting 

37  Sub}.  Why  ?  38  Say,  flut.  39  fall  in  love  with  =  ftrf)  rjevtieben 
in  (ace.).  40  crfudjcn.  4I  fteigcu.  42  lief  ihm  oovauS.  43  Expand  to 
clause.  **  guten.  Weak  form  of  adj.  after  pers.  pron.  **  btc  tl)t 
fcf)lteibet.  See  grammar  for  this  repetition  of  the  pron.  after  the  rel. 
46  Form  of  a//?  47  Cf.  39,  n.  3.  4S  Say,  to  (gcgfll)  all,  whom  he  met. 
49  home  —  dwelling  =  2Sol)ltung.  5°  Say,  chatted  busily. 


42  '     GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

with  the  ogre,  saying,61  "  Can't  you  change  yourself  into  an 
animal,  when  you  please  ?  " 

"  Of  course  [I  can],"  said  he,  and  in  a  moment  he  be- 
came a  roaring  lion.     The  cat  rushed  away  in  great  alarm, 
S  but  when  he  came  back,  no  lion  was  to  be  seen H  —  only 
the  ogre. 

Then  Puss  said  in  anxious  tones,  "  Please  do "  change 
into  a  mouse."  But  no  sooner64  had  the  ogre  done  so, 
than  the  cat  sprang  upon  him  and  ate  him  up  in  a  hurry. 
10  Puss-in-boots  soon  heard  the  royal  party  coming,66  went 
out  to  meet66  them,  and,  bowing67  to  the  king,  said  :  "Your 
majesty  is  welcome  to68  the  castle  of  the  Marquis  of 
Carabas." 

The  king  was  delighted  to  find 69  that  the  marquis  was  the 
15  owner  of  so  fine  a60  castle,  and  gladly  accepted  the  kind 
invitation  to  look61  at  it.    The  marquis  gave62  his  hand  [to] 
the  princess  as  she  alighted,  and  [they]  both  followed  the 
king  into  the  great  airy  hall,  where  they  all  soon  after  par- 
took of  a  rich  feast,  which  the  ogre  had  prepared  for  some 
20  of  his  own  friends.     He  had  little  thought 63  that  he  himself 
should  be  eaten  up  by  a  cat. 

The  king  was  charmed  with  all64  he  saw.  He  liked  the 
young  and  good-natured  marquis  more 66  and  more,  not 

51  and  said.  S2  Act.  inf.  S3  When  do  emphasizes  a  request,  trans- 
late by  the  adv.  bocf).  S4  no  sooner  —  than  =  faiim  —  fo.  Arr., 
scarcely  but  had — so.  "Inf.  *b  go  out  to  meet  them  —  ihncit  entgegen* 
gctjen.  S7  Say,  and  said,  while  (iltbcm)  he  himself  before  the  king  bowed. 
58  When  to  really  means  in  or  into,  use  in.  59  evfdhren.  *°  a  so  fine. 
With  very  few  exceptions  the  article  must  precede  all  adjectives. 
61  look  at  =  befcheit.  More  than  merely  looking  is  meant.  62  vetdjen. 
63  Can  not  be  literal.  Say,  he  had  not  thought,  or  more  idiomatically, 
er  tjatte  eS  fid)  ittdjt  trainneit  laffen,  bafj.  ^  Never  omit  the  rel  in 
German.  6s  Say,  always  more. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  43 

only  because  he  was  so  rich  and  had  so  grand  a  castle  and 
so  fine  an  estate,  but  also  because  he  was  good  and  wise. 
He  soon  noticed  also  how  much  the  princess  loved  the 
handsome  youth.  So  he  said  to  him  : 

"  My  dear  marquis,  it  will  be  your  own  fault 66  if  you  do    5 
not  become  my  son-in-law;    my  daughter  loves  you,  and 
you  have  my  consent." 

The  marquis  was  astonished  to  hear67  the  king  make  so 
good  an  offer  and  was  overjoyed  at  this  mark  of  true  royal 
favor.  A  few  days  afterwards  the  princess  became  the  wife  10 
of  the  marquis.  The  wedding  was  a  grand  affair,  and  the 
king's  many  relatives  and  friends,  who  were  present,  enjoyed 
themselves  very  much. 

The  clever  cat  became  a  great  favorite  at68  court,  was 
splendidly  dressed,   and  had  such  choice  dainties  to  eat  15 
that  he  never  again  touched  rats  and  mice.     His  greatest 
pleasure  was  to  lounge  at69  the  window  on  a  couch  and 
look  out "°  upon  the  park,  when  his  young  master  and  the 
sweet  princess  were  walking  about  in  it.     And  thus  he  lived 
happily  withn  his  kind  master  and  reached  a  good  old  20 
age.72 

24.    Hop  o>  My  Thumb. 

A  man  and  his  wife  once  lived  in  a  village  near1  a  wood, 
where  they  used  to  work.  They  were  very  poor,  and,  as 
they  had  seven  little  children,  all 2  boys,  they  could  hardly 
get  food 3  enough.  The  youngest  boy  was  so  tiny  that  he  25 

66  Literally,  or  more  commonly,  itjr  mcrbct  atlctll  barcm  ©d)lllb  fcilt. 
67  To  avoid  an  awkward  arrangement  in  the  German,  do  not  use  the 
inf.,  but  say,  when  he  heard.  68  bet ;  or  ait  with  def.  art.  *»  ait. 

70  The  park  being  lower  than  the  window,  say,  aitf  (or  in)  —  binab. 

71  bet.      72  a  good  old  age  =  cut  IjofjcS  Stltcr. 

1  nalje  bet.     2  tanter  ;  indec.     3  Say,  bread. 


44  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

was  called  Hop  o'  My  Thumb,  but,  though  he  was  very 
small,  he  was  very  clever. 

One  night,4  when  all  the  children  lay  in  bed,  their 
parents  were  crying  bitterly,  because  there  was  nothing 
5  to  eat  in  the  house.  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  listened  to  his 
father  and  mother,5  and  was  much  frightened,  when  he 
heard  them  say  that  they  would 6  take  all  their  children  into 
the  wood  (the)  next  day  and  leave  them  there,  that  they 
might  not  see  them  die  of  hunger. 

10  He  got  up  very  early  in  the  morning  and  filled  his  pock- 
ets with  pebbles ;  and  as  he  and  his  brothers  went  into 
the  wood,  he  dropped  the  stones  one1  by  one.  When  it 
began  to  get8  dark,  the  parents  left9  the  children  in  the 
wood,  but  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  could  still  see  the  stones, 

15  and  so  led10  his  brothers  home  again.11 

But  the  next  night  the  father  and  the  mother  locked  the 
door,  and  so  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  could  not  go  out-doors 
to  get  pebbles.  He  had  therefore  to  fill  his  pockets  with 
bread  crumbs,12  which  he  let  fall  upon  the  path  as  he  went 

20  out  into  the  woods  early  in  the  morning.13  But  the  birds 
soon  ate  the  crumbs  up,  and  when  night  came,14  Hop  o'  My 
Thumb  could  not  find  the  way  home.  The  wind  howled, 
and  the  rain  fell,  and  the  children  thought  that  they  should1* 


4  in  one  night.  s  Repeat  his  because  of  the  difference  in  gender,  or 
say  simply,  his  parents.  6  The  auxiliary  -would  here  precedes  the  two 
infinitives  depending  on  it,  but  as  the  clause  has  the  transposed 
order,  in  German  the  auxiliary  must  follow  both.  Ind.  dis.  7  etllCH 
itad)  bem  anbern.  8  roerben.  9  juriuf laffen.  I0  and so  Jed  he.  Cf.  38, 
n.  51.  "  Order  ?  I2  Compound.  I3  Put  the  phrase  of  time  before 
that  of  place.  I4  When  it  became  night,  or  use  hevaufommfn.  ls  mflffen. 
Mode  ? 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  45 

all  perish.     Still  they  kept16  moving  on,  for  they  hoped  to 
find  help. 

At  last  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  saw  a  light  not  far  off,  and 
they  soon  came  to  a  large  house,   from"  which  the  light 
shone.     After  they  had  knocked  at  the  door,  a  pleasant-    5 
looking  woman  opened  it.18     Hop  o'  My  Thumb  told  her 
that  they  had  lost  their  way19  and  were  very  tired  and 
hungry.     As  soon  as  she  had  heard  their  story,  she  advised 
them  to  go  away  as  fast  as  they  could,  because  her  husband, 
who  was  an  ogre  and  very  fond20  of  eating  children,  would  10 
soon  come  home.     But  they  all  cried  so  much  and  begged 
so  hard21  for  food  and  shelter,  that  she  at  last  let  them  in. 

Scarcely22  had  the  ogre's  wife  hidden  the  poor  children, 
when  the  ogre  came  in  and  ordered  her  to  lay23  the  cloth 
and  bring  in  some  sucking-pigs  for  his  supper.  Just  as  he  15 
had  begun  to  use  his  great  carving-knife  and  fork,  he  cried 
out  gruffly,  "  I  smell  child's  flesh.24  "  His  wife  said  it  was 
only  the  freshly  killed  calf;  but  he  did  not  believe  her,25 
and,  on  looking26  about,  found  the  poor  boys  under  the 
bed.  The  ogre  was  delighted  to  find  them,  but  he  thought  20 
it8'  better  to  fatten  them  [up]  before  he  killed  them  ;  so  he 
told  his  wife  to  give  them  their  supper  and  to  put28  them 
cO  bed  in  the  room  where  his  daughters  were  sleeping. 


16  Say,  went  always  on  (lueiter).  I7  (Ul8.  18  it  =  biefelbc.  Why? 
*  lose  one's  -way  =  fid)  UClloilfcit.  20  be  fond  of  eating  —  gent  effcil. 
"  hard  —  beseechingly  =  fletjeiltUcf).  22  faitm  —  JO.  Cf.  42,  n.  54. 
23  Say,  belt  £ijd)  becfeit.  24  Compound.  *5  Case  ?  26  German  prose 
hardly  tolerates  participial  phrases,  particularly  those  introduced  by 
a  prep.  Unless  the  part,  is  used  as  an  adj.,  it  is  best  to  expand  par- 
ticipial phrases  to  adv.  or  rel.  clauses,  according  to  the  sense  in  each 
case.  Say,  when  he  looked  (refl.)  about.  27  Insert  was,  or  say,  Ijtelt 
e«  fiii  bcffcr.  28  briugen. 


46  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Hop  o'  My  Thumb,  fearing  mischief,  could  not  sleep. 
He  got  out  of  bed,  and,  on  looking  about,  saw  that  the 
ogre's  daughters  all  had  crowns  on  their  heads.29  He 
changed30  these  crowns  for  the  night-caps  worn31  by  his 
S  brothers  and  himself.  When  the  ogre  came  up  in  the  dark 
with  his  great  knife  to  kill  the  poor  boys,  he  cut  the 
throats32  of  his  own  children.  At33  peep  of  day  Hop  o'  My 
Thumb  awoke  his  brothers,  and  made34  them  quickly  go 
away  from  the  house  with  him. 

10  After  they  were  gone,35  the  ogre  went  up  to36  the  bed- 
room, and  he  became  almost  mad  when  he  found  that  he 
had  killed  his  daughters,  and  that  the  little  boys  were  all 
gone. 

The  ogre  now  put37  on  his  magic  boots,  with  which  he 

15  could  take38  seven  leagues  at39  a  stride,  and  ran  out  into 
the  wood  in  pursuit40  of  the  boys ;  but  Hop  o'  My  Thumb 
had  hidden  them  all  in  a  hole  under  a  rock.  By  and  by 
the  ogre  came  back  very  tired  and  in  a  very  bad  humor, 
and  threw  himself  on  this  very  rock  to  sleep.  A  kind  fairy 

20  now  appeared[to]the  children,  and  gave  Hop  o'  My  Thumb 
a  nut  to  crack41  as  soon  as  he  should  reach  the  ogre's 
house,  but  she  told  him  that  he  must  take  off  the  ogre's 
boots42  and  send  his  brothers  home,  before  he  went  to  the 
house. 

29  As  each  head  had  but  one  crown,  the  German  insists  on  the  sing. 
Say,  a  crown  upon  the  head.  *>  change  for  =  »ertaufd)en  mtt.  3I  which 
•were  -worn.  *  cut  one's  throat  =  einem  ben  §al8  abfdjneibett.  33  bet, 
34  made  =  bade  —  hiefj,  with  simp.  inf.  x  fort,  or  fortgegangen ; 
not  gegangett  alone.  *  The  room  being  upstairs,  say  in  —  hittaitf. 
37  Verb  ?  3*  gururflegen,  or  burdjfdjreiten.  ^  -with.  *°  Say,  to purstte. 
41  which  he  should  crack  as  soon  as  he  reached.  Mode  and  tense  of 
reached"!  *  Cf.  39,  n.  13. 


NARRATIVE   SELECTIONS.  47 

Hop  o'  My  Thumb,  with43  [the]  help  of  the  kind  fairy, 
took  off  the  ogre's  seven-league  boots,  while  he  was  still 
asleep,  and  put  them  on  his  own  feet44;  but,  as  they 
were  magic  boots,  they  fitted  him  as  if  they  had  been 
made45  for  him.  He  then  called  his  brothers  out  of  the  5 
hole  in  the  rock,  and,  after  showing  them  the  way  home, 
he  strode  on  in  his  magic  boots  till  he  came  to  the  ogre's 
house.  There  he  cracked  the  nut  and  found  in  it  a  piece 
[of]  paper  with  these  words46 : 

"Go  unto  the  ogre's  door,  10 

These  words  speak47  and  nothing  more! 
'Ogress,  ogre48  can  not  come; 
Great  key  give  to  Hop  o'  My  Thumb.' " 

When  the  ogre's  wife  saw  Hop  o'  My  Thumb,  she  wanted 
at  first  to  kill  him  for  having  caused49  the  death  of  her  15 
daughters,  but  as  soon   [as]   he  had  uttered  these  magic 
words : 

"Ogress,  ogre  can  not  come; 
Great  key  give  to  Hop  o'  My  Thumb," 

she  gave  him  the  key  of  the  gold  chest,60  and  told  him  to  20 
take  as  much  [as]  he  wished.  When  he  saw  the  great  heap 
[of]  money  in  the  chest,  he  thought  that  he  should  like  to 
take"  some62  of  the  treasure  to  the  king.  So  he  made61  the 
ogre's  wife  give  him  as  many  bags  full  [of]  gold  as  he 
could  take  away  in  several  journeys.64  25 

While  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  was  taking  away  the  wicked 

43  Put  with  the  help,  etc.  first,  and  invert.  **  Case?  <*  Subj. 
Why  ?  46  SSorte,  or  SBbrtev  ?  47  Arrange  in  prose  order  throughout. 
*8  Insert  the  here  and  before  great.  49  Cf.  45,  n.  26.  5°  Compound. 
51  mitnehmen.  52  Say,  a  part  of  (Don),  or  sontething  of.  "  Say,  he 
caused  (laffeit)  himself  by  the  ogre's  wife  to  be  given  (act.  inf.).  S4  (Sang. 


48  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

ogre's  treasure,  that  monster  was  still  sleeping,  after  his 
useless  journey,  on  the  rock  where  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  had 
left55  him.  When  he  awoke  and  found56  his  magic  boots 
gone,57  and  his  legs  so  stiff  that  he  could  not  walk,  he  made 
5  a  hideous  noise,  which  aroused  all  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
forest,  and  they  all  flew58  at  him  in  great  fury  and  killed 
him. 

Hop  o'  My  Thumb  went  to  court,  laden  with  his  hard- 
won  spoil,  and  paid59  his  respects  to  the  king.     The  king 

10  did60  him  the  favor  to  accept  his  rich  gifts  and  rewarded 
him  by61  making62  him  his  head-forester,  and  his  father  and 
brothers  under- foresters.  Whenever  the  king  went  out 
hunting,  Hop  o'  My  Thumb  rode  by  his  side  on  a  pretty, 
high-spirited,  little  horse.63  The  ogre's  kind-hearted  wife 

15  was64  also  invited  to65  court  and  created  Duchess  of  Dolla- 
lolla.  She  shared  the  rest  of  her  husband's  wealth  with 
Hop  o'  My  Thumb,  who  was  greatly  beloved  by£S  all.  At 
last  the  king  dubbed  him  a  knight  and  made  him  his  chief 
privy  councillor,  saying,67  that  as  he  had  always  been  so 

20  shrewd  and  clever  in  helping68  his  brothers,  he  would 
surely  be  able  to  give  him  good  advice  whenever  he  might 
need  it. 

55  oertoffcn.  s6  found  that,  etc.  57  tucg,  or  fort.  58  Not  fltegen. 
59  iTtadjte  bem  .Sbnig  feiue  9tufroartitng.  ^  ergeigen.  6I  baburd),  ba§. 
62  After  verbs  of  making,  appointing,  creating,  etc.,  keep  the  ace.  of 
the  pers.,  but  put  gu  (sing,  gum,  guv;  plu.  Jit)  before  the  noun  of 
occupation,  office,  etc.  63  Diminutive.  **  A  real  pass.  6S  cut  ben. 
66  by  (with  the  agent)  =  Don.  w  while  (inbcm)  he  said,  68  when  he 
was  helping,  or  to  help. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  49 

25.    The  Babes  in  the  Wood. 

Many  years  ago  there  lived  l  in  England  a  man  and  his 
wife.  They  had  only  two  children,  a  boy  named2  William, 
and  a  girl  named  Jane.  When  the  children  were  still  very 
young  the  parents  died  and  confided  their  little  [ones]  to 
the  care  of  an  uncle.  Now,3  this  uncle  was  really  a  miserly  $ 
and  cruel  man,  but  he  took  the  children  home  with  [him] 
and  treated  them  very  well  [for]  a  while.*  But  soon  he 
began  to  wish  that  the  little  boy  and  girl  would6  die,  so 
that  he  could  get  all  their  money  for  himself.  As  this  did 
not  happen,  he  thought  it  would  be  best6  to  have  them  10 
killed.  Having7  made  up  his  mind  to  kill  the  babes,  he 
soon  contrived  a  way  to  have  it  done.8  He  hired  two  mur- 
derers to  take  the  children  out  into  a  dark  wood,  which 
was  at9  some  distance  from  his  house,  and  to  kill  them 
there.  15 

One  day  William  and  Jane  were  put  into  a  coach  ;  one 
of  the  ruffians  got  in  with  them,  and  the  other[one]drove.10 
The  uncle  had  told  the  children  that  they  were  going  to 
London,  and  that  they  should  have11  many  nice  things12 
there.  At  first  they  were  afraid,  but  soon  they  began  to  20 
talk  softly13  to  each  other  about  the  fine  things  they  were 
to  have.  At  last  they  talked  [out]  loud,  and  then  asked 
the  man  if14  it  was  far,  and  if  he  had  ever  seen  their  father. 
Now,  this  man  had  once  been  good  and  kind,  like15  these 


'May  be  sing.  Why?  2  Sftamenfi.  3  Cf.  31,  n.  7.  4  elite 
5  would  '=  might.  6  Is  it  am  bcfkn,  or  ba3  23efte?  7  Cf.  45,  n.  26. 
8  Form  of  inf.  ?  9  in  eimgcr  Gntfernnng.  I0  fabven.  "  ff  one  thinks 
more  of  a  thing's  coming  into  than  of  its  being  in  his  possession, 
bcfommen  should  be  used  instead  of  batten.  The  words  differ  from 
each  other  as  toerbeit  from  fetn.  u  @ad)e.  l3  leife.  Contrast  soft, 
50,  1.  i.  uob.  li  tt)te. 


5<D  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

little  children,  and  their  soft  voices  reminded  him  of  that 
happy  time.  The 16  longer  they  talked,  the  worse  he  felt, 
and  at  last  he  thought  that  he  would  ask  the  other  mur- 
derer to  spare  their  lives  and  to  take  them  back  to  their 
5  uncle. 

When  the  coach  came  to  the  dark,  thick"  woods,  the 
ruffian  that  was  driving,  stopped.  He  then  jumped  to  18  the 
ground,  and  the  other  robber  left  the  coach  and  lifted 
William  and  Jane  out.  "Now,"  said  one  of  the  robbers, 

10  "you  may  go  a  little  way19  and  gather  flowers,  and  when 
we  call  you,  come  to  us."  The  children  were  very  glad  to 
see  the  trees  and  flowers,  and  they  ran  towards  a  spot 
where  some  violets  were  growing  under  a  tree.  The  two 
men  began  to  talk  about  what20  they  had  to  do.  "We 

15  can  take  them  into  the  gloomiest  part  of  the  woods,"  said 
the  one  who  had21  driven,  "and  cut  their  throats  with 
the  knife  which  you22  have  in  your23  pocket.  Then  we  will 
bury  them  under  the  big  hollow  oak-tree  that  grows  there, 
and"  nobody  will  ever  know  it."  But  the  other  [one]  said  : 

20  "  For  my  part,24  since  I  have K  seen  their  innocent  faces, 
and  heard  their  sweet  voices,  and  learned  how  they  love 
each  other,  I  have26  no  heart  to  do  the  cruel  deed.  Let  us 
throw  away  this  knife,  and  send  the  children  back  to  their 
uncle."  "I  will  do  no  such  thing,27"  answered  the  other. 

25  "What  are28  their  sweet  voices  or  anything  else  to  us,  so 
we  get  the  money?"  "Think29  that  they  are  only  chil- 

16  the— the  =  je  —  befto.  Order  ?  "  bidjt,  not  bicf.  I8  ouf.  I9  etlt 
©tiicf  2Bege«.  *°  Cf.  39,  n.  3.  2I  hatte.  Why  fyatte,  as  faljren  usually 
takes  {etll?  22  bit.  Why?  23  beitl,  or  ber  ?  *<  for  my  part  =  what 
concerns  me  =  Um3  mid)  angeht  (or  betrifft).  2$  Position  of  have? 
Cf.  44,  n.  6.  *  Arr.,  so  have  I.  27  md)t«  bergtetd)en.  28  what  are  — 
to  us,  so  =  roa«  gcljen  im«  —  on,  toenn  —  nur.  29  bebenfen  (con- 
sider) . 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  51 

dren,"  said  his  companion,  "and  orphans,  too30."  But  the 
cruel  robber  did  not  care 31  for  this,  and  he  said  :  "  Who 
cares32  if  they  are  orphans?  I  have  already  seen38  you 
cut  a  man's  throat ;  and  are  you  afraid  of  these  crying 
children?  You  may  turn34  coward,  if  you  will;  but,  as  for  5 
me,36  I'll  have  the  money." 

The  other  robber  was  a  bold  man.     He  would  not  let  ** 
any  one  call  him  a  coward  ;  so  he  said  :  "You  are  as31  great 
a  coward  as  I  [am].     I  did  not  speak  because  I  am  afraid, 
for  I  am  afraid  of  no  man."     Then  the  other  murderer  was  10 
very  angry,  and  said  that  he  would  kill  the  children,  and 
that  nobody  should  hinder  him.    He  was  just  going  towards 
the  place  where  William  and  Jane  were,  in  order  to  murder 
them,  when  the  other  [one]  stepped  before  him38  and  said  : 
"Stop!    you   shall  not  touch  the  children."       "Who  will  15 
hinder  me?"  said  the  other.     "I  [will],"  said  the  one  who 
had  ridden 39  with  the  children  ;   and,  as  he  spoke,  he  drew 
the  great  knife  out  of  his  pocket.     The  other  murderer 
jumped  at*0  him  and  tried  to  take  the  knife  [from]  him41; 
but  he  watched"  a  lucky  moment,  and  then  stabbed43  his  20 
companion*4  [to]  the  heart. 

While  the  two  ruffians  were  quarreling,  the  children  were 
picking  flowers.  They  were  very  happy,  for  it  was  (in  the) 
summer  time,  and  the  birds  were  singing  sweetly45  in  the 
trees,  and  the  sun  shone  bright  and  warm.  But  soon  they  25 

30  too  =  in  addition  to  =  nod)  bajlt.  Put  before  the  noun.  3I  care 
for  =  concern  one's  self  about  =  fid)  fiimment  lim.  ^  The  German 
often  inserts  e3  or  ba8  (changing  to  ba  with  prep.)  as  an  object,  where 
no  object  is  expressed  or  needed  in  English,  to  sum  up  what  precedes 
or  follows.  For  example,  say  here,  who  cares  for  it  (baruni)  that  they  ? 
33  Form  of  feheit  here  with  dependent  inf.  ?  M  become.  M  Cf.  50,  n.  24. 
36 permit,  that.  **  a  so  great.  38  Case?  39  Not  tetten.  4°  nod). 
«l  Dat.  *2  erroarten.  •»  burcpofjren.  «<  Dat.  «  Heblid). 


52  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

heard  the  loud  words  of  the  murderers,  and,  on  looking  at4* 
them,  saw  that  they  were  angry.  Then  the  little  children 
began  to  be  afraid,  and  when  they  saw  the  robbers  fighting 
together,  they  cried  and  wrung  their  hands.47  At  last,  when 

5  they  saw  one  of  the  murderers  fall,  they  stopped  crying48 
and  sat  down  and  covered  their  faces  with  their  hands. 

Meanwhile  the  man  was  standing  by  the  tree,  where  he 
had  killed  his  companion,  and  was  thinking49  what  to  do58 
with  the  children.  He  pitied  them  still  more  when  he  saw 

10  how  helpless  they  were,  and  how  much  they  loved  each 
other.  Had60  he  killed  them,  he  could"  have  gone  to 
the  cruel  old  uncle  and  got  a  bag  full  [of]  money  for  his 
trouble;  but  something  seemed  to  hold  him  back,  so  that63 
he  would  have  been  willing  to  lose  all63  he  had,  [rather] 

15  than64  hurt  one  of  them.  But  then  he  wanted  to  get  away 
as  fast  [as]  he  could,  for65  fear  of  being  found  there  and 
taken86  up.  What  was67  he  to  do68  with  the  children? 
After  asking  himself  this  question  many  times,  he  con^ 
eluded  to  leave  them  in  the  wood,  hoping59  that  some  one 

20  would  pass  by  and  find  them.  So60  he  went  up  to  them 
and  said  :  "  Come  here,  children  ;  you  must  go  a  little  way 
with  me."  The  poor  children,  half  dead  with61  fright, 
got  up  and  went  with  him.  They  thought  that  he  wanted 
to  kill  them,  and  shook  with61  fear,  while62  the  tears  ran 

25  down  their  cheeks.     They  walked  [on]  further  and  further 

45  Itad).  47  Cf.  39,  n.  13.  43  Cf.  38,  n.  55.  49  and  thought  of  (ail) 
it,  what  he  should  do.  Cf.  51,  n.  32.  5°  Mode  ?  Sl  could  have  =  jo 
f)0tte  —  foitlten.  S2  Say,  so  that  he  would  rather  (lieber)  have  lost 
(plupf.  subj.).  S3  Cf.  42,  n.  64.  54  Say,  than  that  he  had  hurt.  Mode? 
K  ttltS.  s6  Arr.,  there  found  and  taken  up  (feftnefymeit)  to  be  (pass.  inf.). 
57  Cf.  30,  n.  5.  58  anfmigen.  59  in  the  hope.  M  Cf.  35,  n.  4.  6I  uor. 
62  tt>al)renb.  3ubem  (while)  expresses  simultaneous  action  of  briefer 
duration ;  ttwfirenb,  such  action  of  longer  duration. 


NARRATIVE    SELECTIONS.  53 

through  the  thick  woods,  until  they  had  gone  nearly  two 
miles.  Then  the  man  stopped,  and  bade  them  wait  till  he 
came63  back  from  the  next  village,  where  he  would  go  and 
got  them  something  to  eat. 

When  the  man  was  out  of  sight,  the  little  boy  said :  5 
"Let  us  go  out64  of  this  dark  place  and  hunt  for  father's 
house,  where  we  can  get  something  to  eat,  and  see  mother." 
So  they  walked  up  and  down  in  the  wood,  trying  to  find 
a  path.     It  would  have  melted65  a  heart  of  stone  to  see 
how  lonely  they  looked,   and   how  frightened   they  were  10 
when66  the  wind  shook  the  trees  over  their  heads.     They 
picked  berries  from  the  bushes  and  ate  them,  till  they  could 
reach  no  more.     But  (the)  night  came  on,  and  it  was  so 
dark  that  they  could  not  see  where  to  go 67 ;    so  they  lay 
down  on  the  cold  ground.     There  they  fell  asleep  ;  and  15 
when  they  awoke  it  was  still  dark,  and  there  was  nothing 
for  them  to  eat ;  so  they  starved  to  death. 

All 88  this  time  the  wicked  uncle  thought  they  had  been 
killed,69  as  he  had  ordered  (it)  ;   so  he  told  all  persons  who 
asked  about  them,  that  they  had69  died  in  London.     Then  20 
he  took  all  their  money  to "°  himself,  and  lived  upon  n  it,  as 
if  he  had  got'2  it  honestly.     But  his  wife  soon  died,  and 
his  two  sons  were  drowned  at73  sea.     The  ruffian  who  had 
left  the  children  in  the  woods,  was  afterwards  captured  and 
condemned  to  the  gallows.     Then  he  told  the  story  of  the  25 
poor  children.    But  before  this7*  the  uncle  had  been  thrown 

63  Mode  and  tense  ?  64  out  of  =  uoit  —  lueg.  6S  erroet(f)eu.  Gen- 
erally avoid  the  conditional  and  use  the  corresponding  tense  of  the 
subjunctive,  unless  the  sense  is  future.  w  Observe  that  luenit,  not 
ol3,  is  used  for  a  repeated  action  even  in  the  past.  67  Expand. 
w  bicje  flouje  3eit.  69Mocle?  70  fiir.  7I  Don.  72Mode?  "  in  the. 
74  before  this  =  friiljer  fdjon. 


54  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

into  jail  for 75  debt.  He  heard  of 76  the  robber's  confession. 
Already  the  misfortunes 77  that  had  happened  to  him  had 
almost  broken  his  heart.  When  he  learned  that  the  chil- 
dren had  starved  to  death,  he  stretched  himself  upon  the 

5  cold  ground  in  his  cell  and  died.  The  people  who  had 
heard  the  story,  went  to  the  woods  and  searched  for  the 
bodies  of  the  children.  They  were  found,  all78  covered 
[over]  with  leaves  which  the  robin-redbreasts  had  brought 
in  their  bills.  These  leaves  had  made  a  sort  [of]  grave, 

10  and  the  bodies  of  the  little  innocents  had  been  kept 79  from 
decay. 

75  tuegetl.      Say,  his  debts.      76  UOll.      "  Sing.      78  90113.      79  keep 
from  =  betvafyren  Dor. 


PART   III. 

LETTERS. 


55 


LETTERS. 

26.    Family  Letters. 

DETROIT,  Mich.,  Oct.  25,*  1888. 
MY  DEAR  BROTHER,* 

Some  friends  have  been  calling  on  us  this3  evening,  and 
I  can  therefore  write  only  a  word.     I  have  searched  in  vain 
in  all  the  music-stores  for  the  piece  which  you*  desire,  but  5 
John'is  going  to  Chicago  to-morrow  and  promises  to  get  it 
for  you.  Your  loving6  sister, 

LIZZIE.* 

CHICAGO,  May  18,  1889. 
MY  DEAR  SISTER,  10 

Your  letter  was1  duly  received,  and  to-day  I  send  you 
by8  (the)  mail  a  package  which  will,  I  hope,9  be  satisfactory. 
It  was  impossible  to  find  immediately  all  the  articles10  that 
you  wish,  and  so  the  package  could  not  be  sent  yesterday. 
I  shall  try  to  make  you  that"  promised  visit  next  week,  and  15 
therefore  write  no12  more  to-day. 

Your  loving  brother,  EDWARD  ANDREWS. 

1  b.  25.  Oct.  1888  (for  ben  25teu  Oct.).  2  2Hcht  Itcbcv  Skuber!  Ob- 
serve the  punctuation.  3  l)ClltC,  rather  than  bicfcil.  *  In  letters  begin 
bit,  beiu,  iljv  and  eucv,  as  well  as  @ie  and  3f)V,  with  a  capital.  5  2)ctne 
3)id)  licbcitbe  ©djiucftcv,  Itcbcil  being  trans.  6  Baptismal  names  which 
differ  from  the  English,  are  given  in  the  vocab.,  but  it  is  as  well  to 
use  the  English  form.  7  Say,  have  I.  8  nut.  9  Ijoffe  id),  or  simply 
I)offciltltd).  But  cf.  §  T,  i.  I0  AIT.,  articles,  that  yon  -wish  immediately 
to  find,  or  better,  articles  immediately  to  find,  that  you  -wish.  "  bcr, 

not  biejcr.    I2  iiidjts  tueitev.  (.57) 


58  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

CHICAGO,  Dec.  4,  1887. 
DEAR  SON, 

To-morrow  is  your  birthday,  and  we  send  our  heartiest 
congratulations.     To  me  it  seems  very  sad ;   the  birthdays 
5  come  and  go,  and  no  one  is  here  to  celebrate  them.     In 
former  years  we  looked   forward   to  them  with  pleasure ; 
now  they  only  remind  us  of  the  absent   [ones].     But  I 
suppose  that  it  is  the  same  in  all  families ;   the  children 
can  not  always  remain  in  the  old  home.     And  when  I  com- 
10  pare  my  life  with  the  life  of  others,  I  ought  not  to  complain, 
for  few  have  the  love  and  (the)  confidence  of  their  chil- 
dren more  than  we  [do] .     It  is  late,  and  I  must  close,  but 

1  hope  to  see  you  soon.  Your  loving  mother, 

MARY  JOHNSON. 

27.   Brief  Letters  of  Friendship. 

!$  ROCHESTER,  New  York,  Nov.  17,  1888. 

MY  DEAR  Miss  SMITH, 

My  sister  wishes  *  me  to  write  to  you  *  and  inform  you 
that  she  is  ill  and  therefore  can  not  go  to  New  York  with 
you  day  after  to-morrow.  She  asks8  whether  it  will  be  pos- 
20  sible  [for]  you*  to  wait  a  week  longer5  for  her.  She  hopes 
to  be  able  to  go6  then.  With  heartiest  greetings  to7  all 
the  family,  I  remain,8  Your  friend, 

GERTRUDE  BAKER. 

1  This  construction  with  ace.  and  inf.,  the  ace.  representing  a  dif- 
ferent person  than  the  subject  of  the  principal  verb,  is  possible  after 
only  a  few  verbs  in  German.  Ordinarily,  as  here,  the  inf.  phrase 
must  be  expanded  to  a  subor.  clause.  Say,  -wishes,  that  I  write. 

2  Sljncn,  or  an  €ne.     3  Better,  Icifjt  fvageit.     4  Simp.   dat.    5  nod). 
Order?      6  The  infinitives  may  be  retained.     Why?       J  on  (ace.). 
1  (oer)blctbcn. 


LETTERS.  59 

BOSTON,  Mass.,  March  7,  1887. 
MY  DEAR  FRIEND, 

Your  letter  of9  Feb.  1 6  gave 10  me  great  pleasure,  because 
it  brought  me  news  of  you  again  and  showed  that  you  still 
remember  us.11  Your  young  friend,  whom  you  commend  5 
to  us  in  advance,  will  be  welcome  here.  I  will  gladly  assist 
him  with  advice  and  help  whenever  I  can.  With  heartiest 
greetings  to  yourself"  and  your  family,  I  remain, 

Yours  truly," 

EDWARD  WEAVER.      10 


CHICAGO,  111.,  July  23,  1888. 
PROF.  FRANK  JONES, 

DEAR  SIR":  Dr.  Hunter  has  sent  me  your  letter  of 
July  2.  He  is  ill  and  is  now  in  Florida  for  his  health."  He 
asked  me  whether  I  would16  not  write  the  desired  article.  15 
But  I  am  not  in  condition  to  do  so,"  inasmuch  as  I  shall  be21 
almost  overwhelmed  for18  months  to  come  with  pressing 
literary  work.  I  regret  very  [much]  that  I  am  not  able  to 
serve  you  in  this  matter. 

Dr.  Hunter  thinks  that  Rev.  Mr.  White  of"  Philadelphia  20 
could  write  the  article.     Will  you  not  apply  to  him  ? 
[Yours]  very  respectfully,20 

RICHARD  STEELE. 


9  »om  16.  (or  IGtcn)  gcb.  10  madjcn.  "  Case  ?  >2  @ie  felbft.  Why 
not  simply  felbft?  Cf.  also  31,  n.  n.  l3  Treat  as  adj.,  and  say, 
3b,r  evgcbcitCV.  l*  A  customary  form  for  the  whole  superscription 
of  such  a  letter  is  simply,  ©cchrtcr  (or  §od)geel)vtcr)  £>crv  ^rofeffor! 
"  Say,  Jltr  (Svtjohutg  (recovery}.  16  roofle,  or  IwtV&C?  "  \Q,  or  e«? 
™for  months  to  come  =  aitf  2JZoimte  binouS.  "  in.  *°  £>od)ad)tung«* 
DOfl,  or  as  in  the  preceding  letter.  "  Pres. 


6O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

PHILADELPHIA,  Sept.  30,  1885. 
MY  DEAR  FRIEND, 

Several   weeks   have  passed    since  the  receipt  of  your 
letter.    I  did  not  wish  to  write  until  I  had  seen  your  friend, 
5  and  he  did  not  come,  although  according  to  your  letter21  he 
should  have  come  some  time  ago."     He  appeared  yester- 
day, and  then  it  came 23  out  that  he  had  in  vain  searched 
[for]]  me.     A  few  weeks  ago  the  number  of  our  house24 
was  changed.     As  he  could  not  find  us  at26  No.  65,  he  had 
10  to  wait  till  he  could  learn  where  we  do  live.     I  am  sorry, 
for  I  should  have  been26  very  glad  to  have  one  of  your 
friends  with 21  us.  Yours  truly, 

FRANK  W.  ADAMS. 


INDIANAPOLIS,  Ind.,  May  20,  1889. 
15  MY  DEAR  MRS.  BROWN, 

My  husband  has  made  inquiry  and  has  learned  that  you 
-can  make  the  journey  from28  Cairo  to  Indianapolis  by29  day. 
You  will  have  to  change30  cars  at  Vincennes.  If  you  will 
let  us  know  by81  what  train  you  are  coming,  we  will  meet*2 
20  you  at"  the  station.  Can't  you  come  [up]  a  few  days 
earlier  than  you  intended,  and  make  us  a  short  visit  before 
we  take84  our  trip  upon  the  lake  together?  We  have  deter- 
mined to  leave38  here  on86  the  28th,  to  spend  the  night 
at37  Chicago,  and  to  take38  the  steamer  at  ten  o'clock  the 

21  3f)vem  SBrtefe  nod).  Order  ?  22  fdjon  laitgfl  23  Say,  fteflte  c6  fid) 
l)CV(lll8.  24  Make  compound  noun  of  house  and  number.  2S  in. 
26  Plupf.  subj.  27  mit,  or  bet?  28/rom  —to  (with  towns)  =  toon  — 
nod).  29  bci.  *>  change  cars  at  ==  itmftcigcn  in.  3I  mit.  **  cnuavteu. 
33  in.  -  34  mad)cn.  3S  (uon)  Ijicr  abjitrcifen.  36  am  (or  ben).  37  at 
(with  names  of  towns)  =  in  (sometimes  jn).  38  befteigen. 


LETTERS.  6 1 

next  morning.  Our  baggage  will  be  sent  from  here  directly 
to  the  steamer.  You  could  send  your  trunk  through "'  from 
Cairo  to  Chicago,  and  so  be  troubled  here  only  with  your 
hand-baggage.  That  -is,40  if  you  determine  not  to  come 
earlier  and  spend  two  or  three  days  with  us.  Let  me  know 
as  soon  as  possible  when 41  we  may  expect  you. 

As  ever,  yours, 

MARY  A.  HALL. 


28.   A  Letter  from  Leipzig. 

LEIPZIG,  6  Turner  St.,1  April  15,  1885. 
MY  DEAR  MR.  ALEXANDER,  10 

It  is  almost  a  year  since  I  wrote  to  you,  as  the  coming* 
of  vacation  tells  me,  and  I  therefore  seat  myself  at  once  at  3 
my  writing-desk  to  write  to  you  again.  Our  son  Edward  is 
now  at  home,  but  Frank  could  not  come  on  account  of  his 
many  patients.  Our  daughters  are  also  at  home,  but  both  15 
[the]  girls  are  now  trying  to  recover  from  the  fatigue  *  of 
the  wedding-  festivities5  of  a  friend.  As  you  know,  these 
festivities  begin  the  evening  before  the  ceremony,  and  are 
continued  on  the  next  morning  by6  the  ceremony  itself. 
Then  comes  the  wedding-dinner,  after  which  the  festivities  20 
last  till  in  the  night  '  and  end  with  a  ball.  It  is  therefore 
quite  easy  to  explain  why  nine  days  are  necessary  to  recover 
from  such  fatigue.  My  husband  is  well,  but  his  deafness 
has  grown  somewhat  worse  of  late. 

Leipzig  is  still  standing  in  "  its  old  place,  and  looks  quite  25 
youthful  now  with  its  fresh  green  leaves.      Not  a  single 


»bircft.     <°l)eifjt.    4l  roann.    Why?    Cf.  26,  n.  4. 
i  Xurnerftvafje  6,  or  contract  to  £uvtterftr.    a  Inf.  as  noun.    3  an. 
Case  ?    4  Plu.    4  Sing.     6  mit.    7  Case  ?    8  aitf. 


62  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

street  is  now  torn  up,  even  (the)  Zeitzer  street  is  untouched, 
and  one  can  walk  without  danger  through  the  city.  You 
know  that  it  was  otherwise  when  you  were  here.  The  many 
new  buildings  are  stately  and  beautiful  to  see. 

5  You  have  doubtless  read  of  the  great  Bismarck  celebra- 
tion,9 and  you  will  admit  that  he  is  a  great  man  and  de- 
serves the  gratitude  that  Germany  shows  him.  And  if  he 
prevents 10  the  Americans  from  declaring  (the)  war  [against] 
us  u  on  account  of  their  pork,  we  shall  be  still l'2  more  grate- 

10  ful.  So  keep  [the]  peace  over  yonder ;  and  if  we  do  not 
wish  to  eat  your  pork,  we  will,  at  least,  send  no  sauerkraut 
over 13  to  you. 

But  (the)  politics14  lead  me  too  far  away  from  the  pur- 
pose of  this  letter.  Accept  many  greetings  from  my  hus- 

15  band,  from  Edward,  and  from  my  daughters,  and  remem- 
ber 15  us  to  your  wife,16  whose  picture  we  should  like  to  see. 
If,  therefore,  a  photograph  of "  her  is  in  existence,18  send  it 
to  me,  so  that  you  [may]  not  stand 19  alone  upon  my  writing- 
desk,  but20  [may]  have19  your  better  half  by  your  side 

20  even21  here  in  (the)  far-off22  Germany. 

Yours  sincerely,28 

ANNA  WERNER. 

9  Make  compound  of  Bismarck  and  celebration.  I0 prevents,  that 
the  Americans.  "  Dat.  I2  nod).  "  3&neit  —  f)iniiber.  u  Sing. 
15  empfefylen.  I6  Dat.  I7  Don.  I8  exists.  ''  Pres.  subj.  *"  foitbern. 
Why  ?  2I  oild).  22  fetn.  23  aufridjtig  ;  here  as  fern.  adj.  Cf.  59, 
n.  13. 


LETTERS.  63 

29.   Business  Letters. 

SPRINGFIELD,  111.,  Nov.  12,  1889. 
MR.1  HEINRICH  MATTHES, 

Leipzig,  Germany. 
DEAR  SIR," 

Please s  send  me  [the]  following  books  second-hand  :  —      5 

Heine's  *  Complete  Works  (Critical  Edition) . 
Riehl's  Land  and  People. 
Konig's  History  of  (the)  German  Literature. 
I  prefer  to  have  Heine's  works  in  half  morocco.6 

Yours  truly,8  10 

GEORGE  WEBSTER. 


LEIPZIG,  Dec.  7,  1889. 
MR.  GEORGE  WEBSTER, 

Springfield,  111.,  U.  S.  A. 
DEAR  SIR,  15 

Unfortunately  I  have  not  succeeded7  [in]  getting8  second- 
hand the  books  ordered'  by  you  in  your  letter  of  Nov.  12. 
I  beg  you  kindly  to  note  this  [fact],  and,  in  case  you  wish 
the  books  new,  to  give  me  your  order  again. 

Yours  respectfully,  20 

HEINRICH  MATTHES. 


1  Dat.  (or  sometimes  an  with  ace.).  *  SBerter  (or  ©eefyrter)  £evr! 
But  Dear  Sir  is  frequently  omitted  in  business  letters.  3 please  (bitte) 
to  send,  or  please,  send.  *  No  apostrophe  in  German.  5  Compound  of 
half  and  morocco.  6  End  all  business  letters  with  SldjtlingSDoU,  Sr- 
flebenft,  or  a  similar  word.  7  Impers.  8  Inf.  with  gn.  9  Arr.,  the 
by  you  in  your  letter  of  Nov.  12  ordered  books,  or  the  books,  which 
you,  etc. 


64  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

MUNICH,  July  2,  1887. 
MR.  WILLIAM  SMITH, 

Columbus,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A. 
DEAR  SIR, 

5       By    (the)    to-day's    mail  we    send  you    [the]    following 
books : — 

i  Geibel's  Poems  M.10    3.50 

i   Siever's  Anglo-Saxon  Grammar.  2.35 

i   Duntzer's  Life  of  Goethe.  6.70 

10                    Binding.  i  .40 

i   Leo's  Anglo-Saxon  Glossary.  12.50 

Binding.  2.30 

Postage.  3.30 

M.  32.05 

15      You  will  find  inclosed11  in  the  package  the  catalogue 
which  you  desired." 

Yours  respectfully, 

BUCHHOLTZ  &  WERNER. 

MUNICH,  Sept.  5,  1887. 
20  MR.  WILLIAM  SMITH, 

Columbus,  Ohio,  U.  S.  A. 
DEAR  SIR, 

We  acknowledge,  with  thanks,13  the  receipt  of  your  letter 
of  Aug.  15,  with  inclosed  draft  for14  M.  156.15,  with  which 
25  we  have  balanced  your  account. 

Yours  respectfully, 

BUCHHOLTZ  &  WERNER. 

10  3)1.  =  (bte)  SJforf,  the  standard  German  coin,  worth  nearly  25  cts. 
and  divided  into  100  parts  (pfennig).  "  Begin  with  inclosed  in  the 
package.  I2  Cf.  n.  9.  "  mit  £)anf,  or  banfeub.  I4  iiber,  or  im  33e» 
trage  Don. 


LETTERS.  65 

CHICAGO,  Feb.  9,  1889. 
MESSRS.  STEWART  &  Co., 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 
DEAR  SIRS, 

We  give  at  least  300/°  off15  (the)  list  price  [on]  all  our    5 
books.16     There  are  two  editions  of  Smith's  "  English  Lit- 
erature,"  (the)   one  in  2  Vols.17  and  the  other  in  i  Vol. 
The  former  costs  $4.00,  and  the  latter  $3.00.     We  inclose 
our  catalogue  and  shall  be  pleased18  to  receive  your  orders. 

Yours  truly,  10 

FIELD,  JONES  &  Co. 

30.    Platen  to1  his  Mother. 

SYRACUSE,  November  14,  1835. 
DEAR,  BEST  MOTHER, 

I  have  here  received  your  letter  of  October  3,  and  do  15 
not  know  how  you  can  complain  of  lack  of  news,  as  I  have 
written  to  you  regularly  every  two  weeks.2     This  time  I 
[have]  had  to  put  off3  [writing  for]  three  weeks,  during  my 
journey,  as*  I  announced  to  you  in  advance  in  my  last 
letters  from  Palermo.     I  can  hardly  think  that  one  of  yours  20 
has  been  lost8;    they  are6  twenty-  two  days  on  the  way.7 
(In  the)  next  spring  I  intend  to  come  to  Germany  in  any 
event,  if  the  roads  are  not  too  much  obstructed  by  the 
cholera,  which  is  now  spreading  throughout8  all  Italy. 

I  left  Palermo  on  my  birthday  and  arrived  here  on  the  25 
nth  of  this  [month],    in  order  to    take9  up  my  winter- 


15  3°°/0  (^vogent)  SKabntt  (reduction)  oon.  I6  Gen.  "  Vol.  =  33b. 
(53onb);  Vols.  =  33bc.  "  jid)  freuen. 

1  an  (ace.)-  *  every  (olle)  fourteen  days.  3  Simply  ailSfcfeen.  *  n>a8. 
5  oevloven  gegangen  jet.  6  remain.  7  aitf  bcr  9tcije.  *  in.  9  bf  jieljen. 


66  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

quarters.     In  my  next  letter  I  will  tell10  you  something 
about  the  adventures  of  my  journey.11 

I  have  no  desire  to  travel  again  through  the  interior  of 

Sicily,  and  on  my  journey  back11  I  shall  take  ship  at  Mes- 

5  sina,  whither  one   can   go12  from    Catania  by13   carriage. 

One  can  ride  from  here  to  Catania  in  one  day,  or  also  go 

with  ease  in  a  ship. 

The  climate  here u  is  of  such  a  character 1B  that  I  have 
not  yet  taken  off  my  summer  clothes,11  and  am  writing  this 

10  by  an  open  window ;  as  Syracuse  lies  [further]  south "  than 
the  northern  point11  of  Africa,  one  can  hardly  enjoy  a 
warmer  winter  in  Europe.  But  one  is  too  little  protected 
here  from  "  the  cold  ;  most 1S  of  the  rooms,  and 19  mine  too, 
have  no  ceiling  at  all,  but  only  the  bare  roof  over  them,20  so 

15  that  the  winds,  and,  in  the  rainy  season,11  probably  the  rain 
also  now  and  then,  enjoy  (a)  free  passage.  Up  to  the 
present  the  weather  has  been  fine,  and  on  my  journey  also 
I  was  very  fortunate  and  had  only  two  rainy  days.  This 
season  is  called  [St.]  Martin's  summer  by  the  Italians,  as  I 

20  have  already  written  you. 

I  arrived  here  on  [St.]  Martin's  day.  I  traversed  many 
a  stretch21  in  four  hours,  for22  which  one  often  needs  two 
days  in2*  bad  weather;  as  there  are  no  made  roads  at  all, 
the  places 24  which  have  clay  soil  become  bottomless.  Be- 

25  sides,  one  often  can  not  even  find  a  house  for  days  at  a 
time,26  to  protect  one's  self  from  the  weather.  There  is,  to 
be  sure,  an  excellent  inn  in  Syracuse,  where  I  at  first  put28 

10  Platen  wrote,  melbeit  (announce)  (Simgeg  liber  (ace.).  "  Compound. 
12  gelcmgen.  "  gu.  I4  Adj.  ls  Say,  »on  ber  2lrt.  I6  Comparative. 
17  gegen.  "  the  most  rooms.  l9  and  —  too  =  tt>ie  aud).  ^Refl.  "Say, 
mandje  SSege.  **  rooju.  23  bei.  **  Orte.  2J  Sage  long.  *  abfteigen, 
lit.  dismount. 


LETTERS.  67 

up,  but  as  it  is  really  arranged  for  the  English,  the  prices 
are  so  high  that  I  could  not  remain ;  I  had  therefore  to 
content  myself  with  a  worse  [one],  where  I  have  been 2T  tol- 
erably [well]  satisfied  up  to  the  present. 

Pfeufer  has  not  yet  written  to  me,  and  [has]  also  not  sent    5 
the  letter  of  credit.     It  is  well  that  I  have  not  yet  [had] 
need  [of]  the  money.     Consequently  I  have  not  been  able 
to  give  him  a  commission  with  regard 28  to  the  "Abbassiden." 
The  copies  are  still  lying  in  Munich.     Nevertheless,  you 
can  have  three  of  them  sent  to  you  at  any  time,29  whenever  10 
you  have  opportunity  to  send  one  to  (the)  Switzerland  to 
Betty. 

Many  greetings  to  Uncle  Lindenfeld. 

Yours, 

AUGUST.      15 

31.   Mendelssohn  to  his  Brother. 

INTERLAKEN,  August  3,  1847. 
DEAR  BROTHER, 

We  are 1  all  well,  and  we  continue 2  to  live  the  quiet  life 
that  you  enjoyed  with  us  here.  It  was,  indeed,3  altogether  20 
too  solitary  the  first  days 4  after  your  departure,  when  each 
of  us  went  about  with  a  long  face,  as  if  he  had 6  forgotten 
something  or  was  looking  for  something.  Since  then*  I 
have  begun  to  write  music 7  very  industriously,  —  the  three 
oldest  children  work  in  the  morning8  with  me,  —  in  the  25 

27  Pres.  Notice  this  use  of  the  pres.  instead  of  the  perf.  to  express 
what  began  in  the  past  and  still  continues.  28  roegen  ber  2lbbdfftben, 
one  of  Platen's  most  important  works.  29  Say,  alle  5tugeitbficfe. 

'($«  gel)t  un«  alien.  2Iebett  fort.  3f«ilicl).  *  Order?  5Mode? 
6  feitbem,  not  fett  bamt.  7  9?oteit,  not  Sftuftf.  Arr.,  very  industriously 
music.  8  Gen.  of  repeated  action. 


68  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

afternoon,  when  the  weather  permits  (it),  we  all  take  a 
walk  together,  and  I  have  also  made 9  some  rabid  sketches 
in  India  ink.  Mr.  Kohl,  the  Irish  and  also  Russian  trav- 
eler, came  in  yesterday  and  remained  [all]  the  evening  with 

5  us ;  also  Mr.  Grote,  whom  I  am  always  very  glad 10  to  see 
and  hear  converse.  But  now  I  feel n  so  well  in  (the)  retire- 
ment and  so  ill  at  ease  [when]  with  a  number 12  of  people, 
that  I  do  everything  [I  can],  in  order  to  have13  here  no 
so-called  society,  and  up  to  the  present  I  have  succeeded. 

10  But  why  were  you  not  with  me  in  Boningen?  That 
would  certainly  have  pleased  u  you  !  And  in  Wilderschwyl 
and  Unspunnen?  To  be  sure,  we  have  not  once  had  real15 
good  weather  since  the  day  of  your  departure,  and  often 
very  bad ;  since  then  there  has  been  no  more  talk 16  of  stay- 

15  ing  under  the  walnut-trees,  and  many  days  we  could  not 
[go]  out  of  the  house  at  all.  But  the  good  hours  were 
nevertheless  used17  for  all  sorts  of  walks,  and  wherever  you18 
go  here,  it  is  splendid.  If  the  weather  again  becomes  set- 
tled, I  want  to  [go]  over  the  Susten 19  and  to  the  summit  of 

20  the  Siedelhorn,  which20  can  be  done  from  here  in  [a]  few 
days.  But  it  grows 21  difficult  [for]  us  to  make  M  the  reso- 
lution even M  to  do  this ;  it  is  so  beautiful  here,  and  this 
unvaried,  quiet  life  suits  us  so  well.  Besides,  I  have  often 
felt 24  perfectly  cheerful  again ;  only  when  people  come  and 

25  talk  confusedly  about  all  [sorts  of]  commonplace  things, 
and  about  God  and  the  world,  I  feel24  so  unspeakably 

9  make  in  India  ink  =  tlljdjeit.  I0  fefyv  gem  fefyeit.  "  I  feel  =  mil 
ift  (roivb)  —  gu  2ftute.  I2  Say,  meljrere  (several).  "  betommen.  M  ge= 
fallen  (dat.).  Tense  and  Mode  ?  ls  gang.  16  feine  9lebe  mefyr  toom 
9lnfentb,alt.  I7  bennljt  gn.  "  you  =  one.  I9  iiber  ben  ©nften  unb 
aitfs  @iebeU)orn.  20  tt?a8  —  toon  b,ier  auS  gu  madjen  ift.  2I  roerben. 
"faffen.  23  fetbft  bagn.  24Cf.  n.  n,  but  use  werben.  Why? 


LETTERS.  69 

mournful,  that  I  do  not  know  how  I  am  to  endure  it.  You 
have  the  same  thing 25  now  to  overcome ;  I  think  of  that 
every  day.  It  must  go  21  hard  [with]  you,  and  I  too  dread 
it.  But  it  must  be,  and  it  is  right ;  so,  with  God's  help,  it 
can  be  done.26 

Accept OT  heartiest  greetings,  and  continue  to  love 

Your 

FELIX. 


32.   Two  Letters  from  Bismarck  to  his  Wife. 

FRANKFORT,  8./7.  51. 

Yesterday  and  to-day  I  [have]  wanted  to  write  to  you,  10 
but  on  account  of1  all  [the]  hurly-burly  of  business  I  [have] 
not  got2  to  it  sooner.  It  is  now  late  in  the  evening,  and 
I  [have]  just  come  back  from  a  walk,  on  which  I  (have) 
stripped  off  the  documental  dust  of  the  day  in  the  night  air, 
moonshine,  and  the  rustling  of  poplar  leaves.  On  Saturday  15 
I  drove  with  Rochow  and  Lynar  in  the  afternoon*  to 
Riidesheim,  there  I  took  (me)  a  skiff,  and  went  out  on  the 
Rhine,  and  floated  in  the  moonshine  as  far  as4  the  mouse- 
tower  by  Bingen,  where  the  wicked  bishop  perished.  It  is 
something  strangely  dreamy,6  thus  to  lie  in  the  water  on6  [a]  20 
warm,  quiet  night,  slowly  driven  [on]  by  the  stream,  and  to 
see  the  sky  with  moon  and  stars,  and  on  either  side '  the 
woody  hilltops  and  the  ruins  of  the  castles  in  the  moonlight, 
and  to  hear  nothing  but  the  soft  splashing  of  one's  own 
motion  ;  I  should  like  to  float  thus  every  evening.  Then  I  25 

25  Simply  ba«.  26  ttrirb  e«  gefjen.  27  He  wrote,  @eib  IjerjUdjft  ge= 
^viifet  imb  befyaltet  Ucb  Gitren. 

1  Dor.  2  fommen.  3Case?  4M3  nad).  s  £raitmerifd)e«.  Neut. 
dppos.  after  etroaS.  6  in.  7  Say  simply* 


7O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

drank  [some]  very  nice  wine,  and  sat  smoking  for  a  long 
time  on  the  balcony  with  Lynar. 

(On)  the  next  morning  we  went 8  by  (the)  steamer  to 
Coblenz,  breakfasted  there  [for]  an  hour,  and  then  returned 
5  to  Frankfort.  I  really9  undertook  the  expedition  with  the 
purpose  of  visiting  the  aged  Metternich,  who  had  invited 
me,  at  Johannisberg 10 ;  but  the  Rhine  pleased  me  so  that  I 
preferred11  going  to  Coblenz  and  put  off  the  visit.  On  our 
journey  that  time 12  we  saw  the  Rhine  immediately  after  the 

10  Alps  and  in13  bad  weather;  on  that14  fresh  summer  morning 
and  after  the  dusty  tediousness  of  Frankfort  it  rose 15  again 
very  [much]  in  my  esteem.  I  promise  myself16  much 
pleasure  in  being17  a  few  days  in  Rudesheim  with  you,  the 
place  is  so  still  and  rural,  and  then  we  [will]  take  a  little 

15  row-boat,  and  go  gently  down  [stream],  ascend  the  Nieder 
wald  and  this  and  that  castle,  and  return  by  (the)  steame/. 
One  can  leave w  here  early  in  the  morning,  remain  eight 
hours  in  Rudesheim,  Bingen,  Rheinstein,  etc.,  and  be  here 
again  in  the  evening.19     My  appointment  here  now  seems 

20  to  be  sure. 

VENDRESSE,  September  3. 

MY    DEAREST,20 

Day  before  yesterday  before  the  gray21  of  the  morning 

I  left  my  quarters  here,22  return  to-day,  and  have  in  the 

25  interval  witnessed  the  great  battle  of  Sedan  on  the  ist,  in 

which  we  took23  about  30,000   prisoners,   and  hurled  the 

8  fahven  mtt.  9  eigentltd),  not  nrirfiici).  I0  auf  SobauniSbevg,  the 
famous  vineyard  and  village  of  the  same  name  on  a  hill  near  the 
Rhine.  "  fut)r  Uebcr  (rather).  12  bamats  ouf  ber.  Steife.  "  bet. 
14  biefer,  or  jener?  ls  Perf.  J6  Case  ?  "  Say,  bdDon, —  gll  fetu. 
18  Not  eerlaffen.  I9  Gen.  20  He  wrote,  2Jiein  UebeS  $erg !  2I  »or 
£age«grauen.  22  Adj.  23  madjen. 


LETTERS.  /I 

remainder  of  the  French  army,  which  we  had  been  pursuing 
since  Bar  le  Due,  into  the  fortifications,  where  it  had  to 
surrender  with  its  emperor.  Yesterday  morning24  at  five 
o'clock,  after  I  had  negotiated  until  one  o'clock  in  the 
morning24  with  Moltke  and  the  French  concerning25  the  5 
impending  capitulation,  (the)  General  Reille,  whom  I  know, 
woke  me,  in  order  to  tell  me  that  Napoleon  wished  to  speak 
[with]  me.  I  rode  without  washing26  and  without  breakfast 
towards  Sedan,  found  the  emperor  waiting27  in  an  open 
carriage  with  three  adjutants,  and  three  [others]  on  horse-  10 
back  near  by.  I  dismounted,  greeted  him  just  as  politely 
as  in  the  Tuileries,  and  asked  after  his  commands.  He 
wished  to  see28  the  king.  I  said  to  him,  in  accordance 
with  the  truth,  that  his  majesty  had  his  quarters  three  miles 
away,29  at  the  place  where  I  am  now  writing.  On  Napo-  15 
Icon's  asking30  where31  he  should  betake  himself,  I  offered 
him,  as  I  was  unacquainted  with  the  region,  my  quarters  in 
Donchery,  a  little  place  in  the  vicinity  close  by  Sedan ;  he 
accepted  it  and  drove,  escorted  by  his  six  Frenchmen,  by 
me,  and  by  Carl,  who  had  meanwhile  ridden  after811  me,  20 
through  the  lonely  morning,  towards  our  side. 

He  disliked33  to  enter  the  place  on  account  of  the  pos- 
sible crowd  of  people,34  and  he  asked  me  whether  he  could 
not  put  up  at 3B  a  solitary  house  by  the  roadside ;  I  had  it 
inspected  by  Carl,  who  announced  that  it  was  miserable  and  25 

24  ©eftcru  friil)  fiiuf  Uljr,  also  cut  111)1  friil).  Why  friif),  rather  than 
2JJorgcn,  or  2>ormtttag  ?  2S  He  wrote,  iibcr  bie  abijitfcfyltcfienbe  (to  be 

concluded}.  25  unwashed  and  unbreakfasted.  27  waiting  =  halting  = 
hattcnb.  Put  last  in  sent.  28  Retain  inf.  Why  ?  Cf.  58,  n.  i.  ^  batJOlt. 
30  auf  —  5va8(%'  3I  Not  roo.  **  Is  it  uad)  mir  gerttten,  or  mil'  nad)« 
gentteu?  "Bismarck  wrote,  SBor  bent  Orte  nwrbe  e%  ifjm  Ictb. 
34  Compound.  x  ill. 


72  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

dirty.  "N'importe"  said  N.,  and  I  ascended  with  him  a 
frail  narrow  staircase.  In  a  chamber  ten 36  feet  square,  with 
a  pine  table  and  two  rush  chairs,  we  sat  [for]  an  hour,  the 
others  were  below.  A  great  contrast  with  our  last  meeting, 
5  '67  in  the  Tuileries.  Our  conversation  was  difficult,  if  I 
would 37  not  touch  [upon]  things,  which  would  [necessarily] 
have38  painfully  moved  him  who3'  had  been  prostrated  by 
God's  powerful  hand.  Through  Carl  I  had  had  officers 
brought  from  the  city,  and  [had]  requested  Moltke  to  come. 

10  We  then  sent  one  of  the  officers  on  [a]  reconnaissance  and 
discovered  half  a  mile  away  in  Fresnois  a  little  castle  with 
[a]  park.  Thither  I  conducted  him  with  an  escort  brought 40 
together  meanwhile,  and  there  we  concluded  with  the 
French  general  Wimpffen  the  capitulation,  by  virtue  of 

15  which  40  to41  60,000  Frenchmen,  —  I  do  not  yet  know  (it) 
more  exactly,  —  with  all  that  they  have,  became  our  pris- 
oners. Yesterday  and  the  day  before  cost  France  100,000 
men42  and  an  emperor.  Early  this  morning43  the  latter 
with  all  his  courtiers,  horses,  and  carriages  set  out  for 

20  Wilhelmshohe  by  Cassel. 

It  is  an  historical  occurrence,  a  victory  for  which  we 
should  in  humility  thank  God  the  Lord,  and  which  decides 
the  war,  even  if  we  have  to  continue  the  latter  against 
France  now  without  an  emperor.44 

25       I  must  close.    Farewell,  my  dearest.    Greet  the  children. 

Your 

v.  B.45 

36  ton  jefyn.     Do  not  inflect  gnfj.     37  ttJottetl.      38  miiffen.  39  Arr., 

the  by  God's  powerful  hand  prostrated  [one],      4°  Cf.  n.  39.  4I  bt§. 

42  Do  not  inflect.     «  Cf.  n.  24.     **  ba«  faiferlofe  granfreid).  **  For 
Don  33i«marcf. 


PART   IV. 

BIOGRAPHICAL,   HISTORICAL,   AND 
DESCRIPTIVE   SELECTIONS. 


BIOGRAPHICAL,    HISTORICAL,    AND    DESCRIP- 
TIVE   SELECTIONS 


33.    Hannibal. 

Some  years  after  the  first  Punic  war  Hamilcar  went  to 
Spain.  As  he  was  on  the  point  of  setting  out,  Hannibal, 
his  son,  a  boy  of  about  nine  years,  asked  to  be  allowed  to 
accompany  him  upon  this  campaign.  The  father  promised 
to  let1  him  do  so,  and  sought  at  the  same  time  to  fill  his  5 
son's  heart  with  hatred  for2  the  Romans.  He  led  him 
before  the  altar  and  bade 3  him  swear  that  he  would  be  an 
enemy  of  the  Romans  his  life  long.  Hannibal  did  so,4  and 
never  was6  an  oath  kept  more  faithfully.  Hannibal  went 
to  Spain  with  his  father  and  trained  himself  for6  a  warrior.  10 

[For]  nine  years  Hamilcar  fought  in  Spain  with  great 
success.  In  the  south  and  west  of  the  land  he  made  rich 
conquests,  and  finally  fell  in  (a)  battle.  After  his  death 
his  son-in-law  Hasdrubal  assumed  the  chief  command  and 
continued  the  war  with  great  success.  The  Romans  became  15 
so  concerned  about  his  progress '  that  they  made  *  a  treaty 
with  him  and  took  the  city  [of]  Saguntum  under9  their 
protection. 

Hannibal  returned  to  Carthage  after  his  father's  death, 
but  Hasdrubal  had  him  come  back  to  Spain  and  brought  20 

1  to  let  him  do  so  =  c«.  2  gegeit.  3  The  inf.  (without  Jit)  is  re- 
tained with  fyetfeen.  4  Not  fo.  *  Perf.  6  juni.  7  Plu.  8  jdjUefjen. 
9  in.  Case  ? 

75 


76  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

him  up  among  the  soldiers.  After  Hasdrubal  had  had 10  the 
chief  command  in  Spain  [for]  eight  years,  he  was  murdered 
by  a  native.  Then  the  army  chose  Hannibal  for11  [its] 
commander-in-chief,  and  the  senate  and  people"  of  Car- 
5  thage  confirmed  its  choice. 

[Having  been]  brought  up  in  the  camp,  Hannibal  was 
the  favorite  of  the  army.  The  old  warriors  saw  in  him  the 
image  of  his  father.  He  had  the  same  liveliness  of  (the) 
glance,  the  same  fire  in  his13  eyes,  the  same  formation  of 
10  countenance,  the  same  features.  His  mind  was  equally  fitted 
to14  command  or  to  obey.  If  an  undertaking  demanded 
courage  and  activity,  Hasdrubal  liked  best  to  place  him 
at  its  head.18  Under  no  leader  did  the  warriors  have  more 
confidence. 

15  He  bore  heat  and  cold  with  equal  endurance.  He  was 
temperate  in  food  and  drink.  For16  sleep  he  needed 
neither  a  soft  couch  nor  the  stillness  of  night,  and  his  war- 
riors often  saw  him,  covered  with  a  short  mantle,  lying 
upon  the  ground.  He  was  by  far  the  best  horseman,  as 
20  well  as  the  best  foot-soldier.  He  was  the  first  [one]  to  go 
into  the  fight,  the  last  [one]  to  come  out.  But  along  with 
these  great  virtues  he  had,  according  to  the  representation 
of  the  Romans,  also  great  faults  :  inhuman  cruelty,  bound- 
less faithlessness ;  nothing  was  holy  [to]  him  ;  he  recog- 
25  nized  no  fear  of  the  gods,  no  oath,  no  conscience.  With 
such  virtues  and  such  faults  Hannibal  became  the  leader  of 
the  army. 

10  ffifyreit.  "  flUttt.  I2  The  people  collectively  is  meant ;  use  2$olf, 
not  Jeute.  I3  Cf.  36,  n.  18.  I4  jjum,  with  inf.  as  noun.  IS  an  Me 
©ptfce  (Joint).  I6  gltm. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SELECTIONS.  77 

34.    Mozart. 

The  family  had  returned  to  Salzburg.  As  yet  (the) 
young  Mozart  had  played  only  the  piano,  and  no  one  sup- 
posed that  he  could  play  the  violin.  But  the  spirit  of  har- 
mony1 which  dwelt  in  his  soul,  anticipated  all  instruction. 
Some  one  had  given  him  a  violin,  upon  which,  without  his  5 
father's  knowing2  [it],  he  had  learned  to  play  a  little. 

One  evening  his  father  and  two  of  his  friends,  Wenzel 
and  Schachtner,  had  come  together  to  try  some  trios.  Wolf- 
gang asked  to  be  allowed  to  play  (the)  second  violin.  His 
father  refused  his  request,  saying  *  that  he  had  had  no  in-  10 
struction  on*  the  violin,  and  could  therefore  not  possibly* 
play  well  enough.  Then  Mozart  said:  "It  is  not  hard  to 
play  second  violin ;  one  doesn't  need  to  learn  [to  do] 
that." 

His  father  was  vexed,  and  told 6  him  to  go  away  and  not  15 
to  disturb  them  any  more.     The  boy  ran  off,  weeping  bit- 
terly.    But  Schachtner,  who  liked  the  little   [fellow]  very 
much,  begged 7  the   father  to  let  the  boy  play  with  him. 
So  Mozart  was  called,  and  his  father  said  to  him  :  "  Well, 
play  with  Mr.  Schachtner,  but  so   softly  that  no  one  can  20 
hear  you ;   otherwise  you  must  go  away  again." 

The  music  began.  Schachtner  noticed  with  astonishment 
that  he  was  entirely  superfluous.  He  laid  his  violin  down 
and  at  the  same  time 8  looked  at  Mozart's  father.  At 9  this 
scene  tears  of  joy10  and  tenderness  streamed  from  the  lat-  25 

1  Insert  def.  art.  For  this  use  of  def.  art.  with  abstract  nouns,  see 
grammar.  2  Inf.  as  noun,  or  ol)ltc  bafe,  etc.  3  Make  had  had  and 
could  subj.  of  ind.  dis.  with  Weil,  and  omit  saying.  Why?  4  Oltf. 
5  not  possibly  =  unmoflltd).  6  Not  fngen.  Retain  infs.  7  33tttett  per- 
mits the  construction  with  ace.  and  inf.  8  Say  merely,  bobet.  9  53ei. 
10  Cf.  n.  i. 


78  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

ter's  "  eyes.  Mozart  played  all  six  trios.  He  was  made  so 
bold  by 12  the  applause  which  he  received  that  he  asserted 
that  he  could  "  also  play  first  violin.  The  trial  was  made, 
and  he  played  so  well  that  he  made  no  great  mistakes. 
5  He  had  early  the  consciousness  of  a  real  artist.  Before 
persons  who  did  not  understand  much  about14  music,  he 
would  play  nothing  but  trifles  and  dances  ;  but  he  was  all ls 
fire  and  attention  when  connoisseurs  were  present.  One 
day  he  was  to  play  a  difficult  piece  by  Wagenseil  in  the 

10  presence  of  the  imperial  family.  He  did  not16  seem  to 
have  a  very  good  opinion  of17  his  audience,  for  he  said  to 
the  emperor:  "Isn't  Mr.  Wagenseil  here?  He  ought  to 
come  here  ;  he  understands  it."  The  emperor  had  Wagen- 
seil step  to  "  the  piano.  (The)  little  Mozart  said  to  him  : 

15 "  I  am  playing  a  piece  of  yours 19:  you  must  turn  [the 
music]  for  me.20  "  . 

In23  1764  Mozart's  father  went  to  England  with  his  two 
children.  Here  (the)  young  Mozart  especially  distinguished 
himself  by 51  his  organ  playing.  During  his  stay  in  England 

20  he  composed  his  first  symphony  and  six  sonatas,  and  also 
wrote  an  excellent  oratorio.  And  yet  his  appearance  was 
meanwhile  very  child-like,  and  he  acted  like  a  child.  For 
example,  when  he  was  once  playing  for  others,  a  cat  came 
into  the  room.  The  little  player  immediately  ran  away  from 

25  the  piano  in  order  to  amuse  himself  with  the  cat,  and  for 
some  time  he  could  not  be  brought  w  back  to  his  serious 
occupation. 


11  Dat.  Order  ?  l2  by  (butcf))  the  received  applause.  "  May  be 
inf.  Why?  M  Bon.  "all,  or  gait??  I6  not  —  a  =  lent.  17  Won. 
"an.  ^  by  you.  20 Simp.  dat.  2I int.  22Act.  with  man.  23 im 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SELECTIONS.  79 

35.    Frederick  Barbarossa. 

The  kingdom  [of]  Jerusalem  had  been  destroyed  by 
Saladin,  and  Jerusalem  itself  had  again  fallen  into  the  hands 
of  the  infidels.  The  intelligence  of  these  events  awakened 
in  Europe  new  enthusiasm  to  go *  out  to  the  reconquest  of 
the  holy  city.  Emperor  Frederick  Barbarossa  also  deter-  5 
mined  [upon]  a  crusade. 

After  he  had  provided  for  the  peace  of  the  empire  and, 
through  ambassadors,  had  assured  himself  of  the  co-opera- 
tion 2  of  the  king  of  Hungary,  the  emperor  of  Greece,  and 
the  sultan  of  Iconium,  he  set  out  in  May  1189  with  an  army  10 
of  50,000  horsemen  and  as3  many  foot-soldiers.  After 
many  battles  with  the  Bulgarians  and  the  faithless  Greeks, 
he  reached  Adrianople,  where  he  wintered.  He  crossed 
over  to  Asia  in  Greek  ships,  and  after  numberless  battles 
came  before  Iconium.  15 

For  several  days  he  here  fought  against  the  Turks,  who 
numbered  200,000  men.  When  many  of  the  Christians 
were  falling*  back,  the  emperor  cried:  "Why  do  you 
delay,  you 6  who  have  come  out  to  buy  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  with  your  blood  ?  Forward  !  Christ  commands.  20 
Christ  triumphs."  With  these  words  he  dashed  [on]  against 
the  enemy.  The  Saracens  fell  back,  and  at  the  same  time 
the  Christian  banners  waved  from  the  walls  of  Iconium. 
The  emperor's  son  Frederick  had  stormed  the  city  during 
the  battle.  25 

The  army  then  came  to  Seleucia  on  the  river  Calycadnus. 
There  the  narrow  bridge  delayed  the  passage  of  the  army 

1  For  go,  depart,  and  other  similar  verbs  of  motion,  fltefycn  is  fre- 
quently used.  Cf.  English  draw  near.  Notice  also  set  out,  1.  10. 
2  Gen.  3  ebcnio.  4  Not  fallen.  s  you  who  =  (iljr)  tie  ifyr. 


8O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

very  much.  The  emperor  became  impatient  and  rode  into 
the  raging  flood.6  But  its  might  was  greater  than  his  cour- 
age. While  struggling '  with  its  waters,  he  was  stricken  with 
apoplexy  and  sank.8  A  knight  brought  his  body  to9  the 
5  shore.  The  consternation  and  (the)  sorrow  of  the  army 
were  indescribable. 

At1'  the  intelligence  of  his  death  great  sorrow  filled  all11 
Germany,  but  the  people  could  not  believe  that  the  emperor 
was  dead.12  For  years13  many  expected  his  return.  Later 

1°  there  arose  the  legend  that  the  emperor  was 12  sitting  asleep 
in  a  grotto  of  the  Kyff hauserberg,  upon  which  one  of  his 
castles  stood,  and  that  his  flaming  beard  had  grown  through 
the  stone  table  at  which  he  sat.  There,  it  is  said,"  he  will 
remain  till  the  ravens,  frightened  away  by  the  eagle,  no 

15  longer  circle  about  the  mountain. 


36.    Goethe  and  Weimar. 

In  December  1774  Karl  August  went 1  through  Frankfort 
with  his  younger  brother  Constantin.  They  had  both  read 
"Gotz"  and  wished  to  make  the  personal  acquaintance  of 
the  poet.  He  was  invited  to  the  inn  at  which  they  were. 
20  Goethe  was  received  with  flattering  kindness  and  afterwards 
accompanied  the  young  princes  to  Mainz.  His  father  did 
not  like  the  affair ;  his  opinion  was  that  a  commoner  did 
best 2  to  keep 3  as  far  as  possible  [from]  a  prince.  Goethe, 
who  had  similar  opinions,  said  that  they  had  to  do  here 

6  Plu.  7  Cf.  45,  n.  26.  *  (Der)fm!en.  9  an.  I0  oitf  (ace.).  "  Do 

not  inflect.  J2  Mode  and  tense  ?  "  3ol)re  long.  u  May  be  omitted. 
Cf.  77,  n.  3. 

1  reijen,  rather  than  gefaen.      2  Adv.  superl.  *  bleiben. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SELECTIONS.  8 1 

with  an  exception  to4  the  rule.     At  that5  time  he  did  not 
suspect  how  near  he  should  come '  [to]  Karl  August. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  autumn  of  the  next  year,  Karl 
August,  who  had  been  married  shortly  before  and  had 
entered  upon  the  government  of  his  country,  again  passed  5 
through  Frankfort.  On  this  occasion  he  repeated  the  wish 
which  he  had  expressed  on '  his  first  visit,  to  see  Goethe  as 
[a]  guest  at  his  court.  Then  a  serious  consultation  took 
place  in  the  Goethe 8  family.  The  father  considered  it  im- 
proper for  a  commoner's  son  to  enter  into  friendly  inter-  10 
course  with  a  prince ;  the  mother  hesitated ;  Goethe  said 
that  it  could  do  no9  harm  to  make  a  trial,  and  his  view 
finally  prevailed. 

"Goethe  rose  like  a  star  in  Weimar,"  said  Knebel.  Be- 
tween him  and  Karl  August  all  formalities  were  put10  aside.  15 
They  ate  together,  often  slept  in  the  same  chamber,  and 
addressed  each  other  with  the  brotherly  "Du."  Goethe 
introduced  skating  into  Weimar.  Up  to  that  time  it  had 
been  considered  a  plebeian  amusement  there.  He  took 
part  in  u  masquerades,  hunts,  and  other  diversions.  20 

After  Goethe  had  for  several  weeks  taken  part,  as  [a] 
guest,  in  the  sittings  of  the  privy  council,  Karl  August  deter- 
mined to  elevate  him  to  the  rank  of  a  privy  councillor  of 
legation.  In  order  to  get 12  the  consent  of  his  parents,  one 
of  the  court  officials  had  to  write  to  them  at13  the  command  25 
of  the  duke. 

In  this  letter  is  said14 :  "The  duke's  inclination  forls  your 
son,  the  unlimited  confidence  which  he  puts16  in  him,  makes 

4  toon.  s  ber,  not  jener.  6  tretett.  7  bei.  8  Adj.,  ©otlje'ftf). 
9  ntcljt.  I0  aufgefyoben.  "  an  (dat.).  I2  erlangeu.  I3  ouf.  14  fyetfjt  e«. 
15  gegen.  I6  jefeen. 


82  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

it  impossible  for  them  to  separate  from  each  other.11  It 
would  never  have  occurred  to  him  to  give  his  Goethe  an- 
other position,  another  character  than  that  of  (a)  friend,  if 
established  forms  did  not  make  such  [a  thing]  necessary. . . 
5  On18  the  presupposition  that  you  are  not  capable  of  deny- 
ing your  consent  (thereto),  our  young  prince  will  take  your 
son  into  his  ministry  with 19  the  title  of  a  privy  councillor  of 
legation  [and]  with  a  salary  of  1200  thalers." 

Goethe's  parents  had  long  since  heard  how  [much]  he 

10  liked  Weimar,  and  they  were  therefore  pleased  at  this  in- 
quiry. What  his  mother  felt  may  be  learned 20  from 21  one 
of  her  letters,  a  part M  of  which  is  given  here  :  "  Yester- 
day we  heard  many  pleasant23  and  good  [things]  from  our 
son.  I  am  convinced  that  you  will  rejoice  in  our  joy,  that 

15  you,  so  old  a  friend  and  acquaintance  of  our  son,  will  take 
much  interest54  in  his  good  fortune.  May  God  direct  him 
further,  and  permit  him  to  do  much  good26  in  the  land 
of  Weimar.26  I  am  convinced  that  you  will  say  with  us, 
Amen  !  " 

37.    Schiller's  Flight  from  Stuttgart. 

20  Streicher,  who  was  one  of  Schiller's  noblest  friends,  deter- 
mined to  accompany  him  upon  his  flight  and  to  share  its 
dangers  with  him.  But  Schiller  did  not  wish  to  leave  his 
home  without  bidding  farewell  to  the  parental  house.1  The 
whole  affair  was  to  remain  concealed* from  his  father,1  so 

25  that  he  might  give  his  word  of  honor,2  if3  necessary,  that 

17  fid)  Don  etnanber.  I8  in.  I9  imter.  *>  Act.  with  man.  "  au«. 
22  Arr.,  of  which  a  part.  23  oiel  @d)bne«.  24  oQcn  SlnUil  an  (dat.X 
2S  Cf.  n.  23.  26  She  wrote,  in  ben  SBeimartfdjen  Sanben. 

1  Simp.  dat.      2  Compound.     3  tto.     *  Derbergen. 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SELECTIONS.  83 

he  knew  nothing  of*  his  son's  purpose.  Schiller  had  dis- 
closed his  plan  to  his  oldest  sister  Christophine  and  had 
received  her  sympathizing  assent.  His  mother  had  learned 
[of]  it  through  his  sister. 

That  day  Schiller,  in  company  with  Streicher,  was  for  the    5 
last  time  in  many  years  at 5  the  Solitude  with  his  parents. 
There  were  others  in  the  room.     The  mother  could  not 
control  herself;   she  tried  to  talk,  but  she  could  not  speak 
a  word.     Luckily  the  father  was  very  much  occupied  at 
that  time,  and  so  the  mother  and  son  could  leave  the  room  10 
unnoticed.     After6  some  time  Schiller  went  back  to  the 
company,  but  without  his  mother.     The  traces  of  her  grief 
would  have  been  visible. 

She  could  look  upon  this  step  of  her  son  as  necessary, 
if  he  would7  assure  his  future  happiness  and  escape  an  un-  15 
deserved  imprisonment,  and  yet  it  almost  broke  her  (the) 
heart  to  lose  her  only  son  from •  causes  which  were  so  in- 
significant that  they  would  have  remained  unheeded  in  an- 
other state.     How  painful  the  parting  hadbeen  [to]  theson, 
one  could  see  by*  his  face  and  his  tearful  eyes.     He  re-  20 
mained  silent  and  absorbed  on  the  way  back.10 

According  to  the  agreement  everything  that  they  wished 
to  take  away  was  to  be  ready  at  ten  o'clock  on  the  next 
morning.11  When  Streicher  came  at  that  time,  he  found 
Schiller  busied  with  the  odes  of  Klopstock,  one  of  which"  25 

4  Won.  5  auf  ber  ©olitiibe ;  a  castle  once  occupied  by  the  ducal 
school,  of  which  Schiller  had  been  a  pupil.  At  this  time  his  parents 
lived  in  part  of  it.  6  nud)  eintgev  3eit.  7  Not  nnivbe.  *  au8.  9  an 
(dat).  I0  Compound.  The  phrase  may  begin  the  sent.  Here,  as  is 
often  the  case,  the  inverted  order  may  be  used  where  the  English 
prefers  the  normal.  Many  illustrative  sentences  can  be  found  in 
the  following  pages.  "  Arr.,  on  the  next  morning  at  ten  o'clock. 

12  Cf.  82,  h.  22. 


84  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

had  so  interested  him  that  he  was  composing  an  ode  at  this 
decisive  time.  The  things  had,  of  course,  remained  un- 
packed. In  spite  of  all  urging  Streicher  had  first  to  hear 
Klopstock's  ode  and  then  the  new  poem,  before  Schiller 
5  would  13  begin  his  preparations. 

At  nine  o'clock  in  the  evening u  Schiller  came  to  Strei- 
cher's  dwelling  with  two  old  pistols  under  his  coat.  The 
one  which  was  whole  but  which  had  no  flint,  was  put  in  the 
trunk;  the  other  [one],  which  was  broken,  was  put  into 

10  the  carriage.  Of  course,  both  pistols  were15  loaded  only 
with  wishes  for  safety  and  a  fortunate  journey. 

The  supply  of  money  which  the  travelers  had  was  very 
small.  After  procuring 16  the  necessary  clothing  and  other 
things  which  were  considered  indispensable,  our  poet  had 

15  left"  only  twenty-three  guldens,  and  his  friend  twenty-eight, 
insignificant  sums,  which  however  their  hopes  increased  ten- 
fold. When  it  had  grown  dark  the  carriage  was15  loaded, 
and  at  ten  o'clock  the  journey  was  begun. 

The  fugitives  went  out "  at  the  Esslingen 19  gate,  because 

20  it  was  the  darkest  [one],  and  one  of  Schiller's  most  faithful 
friends  commanded  the  watch  there,  so  that,  if  (a)  difficulty 
should  arise,  it  could  at  once  be  removed  through  the  inter- 
vention of  the  officer.  But  they  passed  through  the  gate  in 
safety. 

25  They  believed  now  that  they  had  escaped20  a  great 
danger,  and  yet  only  a  few  words  were  exchanged  between 
them,  so  long  as  they  were  driving  around  the  city  in  order 
to  get51  upon  the  road  to  Ludwigsburg.  But  when  the  first 


13  rooflen.  I4  Cf.  n.  n.  IS  nntrben,  or  maren?  I6  Cf.  45,  n.  26. 
17  iibrig.  "  ju  —  IjinauS.  I9  (SjjUnger,  indec.  adj.  *°  entrtnuen. 
May  be  inf.  Dat.  2l  fommeiu 


BIOGRAPHICAL    SELECTIONS.  85 

height  lay  behind  them,  tranquillity  returned,  and  the  con- 
versation became  more  lively,  and  referred  not  only  to  the 
immediate 22  past  but  also  to  the  future. 

Towards  midnight  they  saw  an  extraordinary  glow  in  the 
sky,  and  when  the  carriage  came  in  line  M  with  the  Solitude,  $ 
they  could  see  the  castle  so  distinctly  in  the  clear  air  that 
Schiller  could  show  his  companion  the  point  where  his 
parents  dwelt.  But  then  he  was  so  overcome  by  his  emo- 
tions, that  he  cried,  "My  mother." 

Between  one  and  two  o'clock  in  the  morning  they  reached  10 
Entzweihingen,  where  they  rested.     Scarcely  had  they  or- 
dered coffee  and  made  themselves  a  little  comfortable,  when 
Schiller  drew  out  some  unprinted  poems  by  the  captive 
Schubart,  of  which,  although  he  had  not  slept  the  night 
before,24  he  read  the  most  important  aloud  to  his  compan-  15 
ion.     At  eight  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  friends  reached 
the  boundary  of  the  country  and  felt  themselves  safe  for 
the  first  time. 

The  first  [thing]  that28  Schiller  did  after  he  arrived  at 
Mannheim  was  to  write  to  the  duke  and  request  the  re-  20 
moval  of  the  interdict  which  had  caused  his  flight  from 
Stuttgart.      A  reply  was   afterwards   received    from   (the) 
General  Auge.     In  it  Schiller's  request  was  entirely  passed 
over,  and  he  was  merely  told26  to  return  at  once.    He  wrote 
again,  and  again  nothing  followed  but  the  stern  command  25 
to  return  at  once.     Then  Schiller  recognized  for  the  first 
time  that  the  breach  between  him  and  his  country  was 
irreparable. 

**  jungft.    23  in  bie  Sinie  ber.    **  Adj.    '*  roa«.    *  Ijeijjen,  with  man. 


86  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 


38.    The  ancient  Germans. 

The  Germans  loved  (the)  life  in  the  open  [air]  above 
all1  [things].  They  built  no  cities;  they  compared  them 
to  (the)  prisons.2  The  few  places  which  are  mentioned  by 
the  Latin  writers  under  the  name  of3  cities  were  probably 

5  nothing  but  the  residences  of  the  nobility,  somewhat  larger 
than  those  of  the  common  freemen  and  surrounded  by*  a 
wall  and  a  ditch,  or  they  were  stations  upon  the  highways 
which  went  through  the  land. 

The  Low-Germans  did  not  generally  live  in  villages  (al- 

10  though  according  to  Tacitus  there  were  °  villages  in  many 
regions)  but  on 6  farms.  The  houses  were  in  the  midst  of 
the  fields  which  belonged  to*  them,  and  were  surrounded  by 
an  enclosure.  These  houses  were  very  simple.  Beams 
hewn '  by  the  ax  were  set "  up  and  fastened  together,  the 

1 5  interstices  [were]  filled  with  twisted  willow  twigs 9  and  cov- 
ered with  clay  and  straw.    A  straw  roof9  covered  the  whole. 
The  favorite  occupations 9  of  the  Germans  were  (the)  war 
and  the  chase,  and  the  boys  were  early  exercised  in  the  use 
of  weapons.     That  was  a  festal  day  in  the  life  of  a  boy 

20  when  he  was  first  allowed  to  chase  the  wild  animals  in  the 
forest  with  his  father. 

1  Ace.  sing.  2  Simp.  dat.  3  Don.  4  mil.  s  The  chief  difference 
between  e§  tft  (finb)  and  c§  gtebt  is,  that  the  former  expresses  what  is 
definite,  the  latter  what  is  more  indefinite;  or  the  former  expresses 
what  is  in  a  definite  (small)  space,  the  latter  what  is  in  more  indefi- 
nite (larger)  place.  In  many  phrases  either  may  be  used.  6  ailf. 
7  Arr.,  with  the  ax  hewn  beams.  *  aufridjten.  9  Compound.  These 
and  similar  cases  in  preceding  selections  may  serve  to  call  attention 
to  the  great  frequency  with  which  compounds  are  made  in  German. 
In  many  cases  the  English  words  are  also  practically  compounds, 
though  not  so  written.  *  git. 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  8/ 

Tacitus  says  that  agriculture,  cattle  raising,  and  the  affairs 
of  the  house  were  left 10  entirely  to  the  women  u  and  vassals. 
But  this  description  is  probably  not  true  in  all  respects. 
The  smaller  proprietor,  like  the  peasant  of  to-day,"  prob- 
ably helped  cultivate  his  fields,  while  the  greater  land-owner  5 
had  time  for13  the  chase,  for  social  intercourse,  and  for 
festivities. 

The  clothing  and  food  of  the  ancient  Germans  were  very 
simple.     The  women  wore  garments  spun 14  and  woven  by 
themselves.    The  man  knew  no  ornament  save  his  weapons,  to 
He  adorned  his  shield  and  his  helmet,  when  he  wore  one, 
as  well  [as]  he  could. 

No  people  respected  the  rights  of  hospitality  more  than 
the  ancient  Germans.  To  turn J"  away  a  stranger,  whoever 
he  might  be,16  from  one's  house  would  have  been  disgrace-  15 
ful.  If  the  supply  of  provisions  at"  one  house  was  con- 
sumed, then  he 18  who  had  just  been  the  host,  would 19  be- 
come the  guide  and  escort  of  his  guest,  and,  uninvited,  they 
would  both  enter  another  house,  where  they  would  be 
kindly  received.  20 

When  the  stranger  took  [his]  leave,  he  received  what- 
[ever]  he  desired  as  [a]  gift,  and  the  giver  asked  in  his 
turn  just  as  freely  and  openly  for  what  he  desired.  The 
good-natured  people  took  pleasure  in M  presents,  but  they 
neither  esteemed21  the  gifts  too  highly,  nor  considered  them-  25 
selves  under  obligations  to  those22  who  had  given  them.23 

10  iibertaffen.  "  Simp.  dat.  I2  Adj.  "  Arr.,  while  —  time  had  for 
(jit).  Such  arrangements  of  a  series  of  phrases  (or  even  of  one 
phrase)  after  the  transposed  verb  are  very  common.  u  Arr.,  them- 
selves (fdbft)  spun  and  woven  garments.  Is  juviirfroeifen.  l6  Pres.  subj- 
17  in.  1S  bcr,  or  berjenigc.  I9  Would  expressing  repeated  or  habitual 
action  is  commonly  dropped  and  the  past  of  the  verb  used.  So 
here,  became,  entered,  were.  20  an  (dat.).  "  Arr.,  esteemed  neither 
—  nor  considered  they.  22  Simp.  dat.  Order  ?  23  btejelbcn. 


88  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

39.    The  Crossing  of  the  Delaware.1 

The  beginning  of  December  was  extremely  raw,  so  that 

the  English  had  lost  all  desire 2  to  pursue  immediately  the 

advantage  they  had  gained  over8  the  Americans.     Howe 

put*  his  regiments  into  winter-quarters,  thinking*  that  he 

5  could  wait  till  after  the  beginning  of  the  new  year. 

Washington  learned  that  the  Hessians  were  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Delaware  in  and  about  Trenton.  The  total 
force  under  his  command  amounted  to  7000  men.  He 
divided  them  into  three  columns,  which  were  to  cross  the 

10  Delaware  at8  three  different  points  and  attack  the  enemy. 
As  night  came  on,  Washington  reached  the  river  at  the 
head  of  the  first  column  of  2400  men. 

A  violent  north-wind  drove  snow  and  sleet  into  the  faces 
of  the  Americans7 ;  there  was  much  ice  in  the  river.  Under 

15  these  circumstances  the  passage  was  not  merely  difficult,  it 
was  in  the  highest  degree  dangerous.  Washington  had 
counted 8  on  standing  upon  the  other  shore  with  his  troops 
at 9  midnight.  But  on  account  of  the  running  of  the  ice  " 
and  the  storm  the  last  man  did  not  land  until  three  o'clock. 

20  Towards  four  o'clock  all  was  in  order,  and  the  march  to 
Trenton  was  begun.  The  storm  was  still  raging  violently. 
The  Americans  were  marching  towards11  enemies  who  were 
stronger  than  they,  and  who,  in  case  they  were  already  in- 
formed of  the  undertaking,  had  doubtless  chosen  favorable 

25  positions.    It  was  then  uncertain  whether  the  other  columns 


1  Masc.   2  Sufi.  3  Case  ?   *  legen.   s  inbem  er  metnte.  Cf.  45,  n.  26. 

6  an.  7  the  Americans  —  into  the  face.  Cf.  39,  n.  13.  8  counted 
thereon  (bavailf),  to  stand.  9  itm.  I0  Compound.  "  entgegett  (dat.); 
follows  its  noun.  Why  not  use  nad)  ? 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  89 

had    succeeded   in    crossing"    the    river,    although   it  was 
afterwards  learned  "  that  they  did  not  cross  till 14  later. 

Towards  eight  o'clock  the  van-guard  of  the  first  column 
was  greeted  with  musket  shots,  and  by  that  means  the  Hes- 
sians who  were  in  Trenton,  were  alarmed.  They  assembled  5 
hastily,  but  Washington  had  already  reached  the  town  and 
advanced  to  the  attack.  At  first  they  offered 1S  brave  resist- 
ance, but  surrendered  when  their  colonel  had  fallen.  Thus 
about  1000  men,  among  them  24  officers,  were  captured. 

Several  hundred  men  saved  themselves  by  (the)  flight.  10 
This  would  not  have  occurred  if  the  other  columns  of  the 
Americans  had  crossed  the  river  earlier  and  taken  possession 
of  some  bridges.  But  prudence  commanded  that  the 
Americans  should  be  satisfied  for  the  present,  and  Washing- 
ton went  back  over  the  Delaware.  ^ 

Washington  soon  learned  that  the  English,  instead  of  fol- 
lowing him,  had  retreated.  Then  he  determined  to  risk  a 
second  stroke.  Four  days  after  his  first  passage  he  crossed 
the  Delaware  again.  General  Howe  sent  Lord  Cornwallis 
with  8000  men  to  meet18  him.  Washington  took  a  strong17  20 
position  and  repelled  several  attacks.  But,  as  Cornwallis 
was  stronger  than  he,  he  left  his  camp  in  the  night  and  con- 
tinued his  march. 

Near  Princeton  he  attacked  three  English  regiments,  and 
after  a  hard  struggle  the  enemy  fled,  leaving  500  men  dead  25 
and  wounded  on  the  battle-field.  Washington  then  took1' 
winter-quarters  in  the  region  around  Morristown.  He  occu- 
pied an  impregnable  position  and  annoyed  the  enemy "  so 
much  by  sending 50  out  flying  corps,  that  they  had  to  evac- 
uate that  region. 

"Inf.     "  Act.  with  man.     u  Not —  till  =  evfh    Is  leiftcn  (render). 

16  Hjm  eutgegen.     l7  fcft.     18  Not  nehtnen.     "  Plu.,  or  say  he  for  they 
in  following  clause.      *°  burrfj  sJlll8fenbung  Don. 


9O  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

40.    Sobieski  before  Vienna. 

Then  the  king  turned  to  his  Poles  and  made '  the  follow- 
ing address  to 2  them  in  the  Polish  tongue  : 

"  Warriors  and  friends :  The  number  of  our  enemies 
down  there  is  great,  almost  greater  than  at3  Choczim, 
5  where  we  trod  them  into  the  dust.  It  is  (a)  strange  soil 
upon  which  we  fight,  and  yet  here  *  also  we  are  fighting  for 
our  fatherland ;  under  the  walls  of  Vienna  we  protect  our 
beloved  Poland.  We  rescue  to-day  not  only  a  single  city ; 
we  rescue  all 5  Christendom  in 6  freeing  its  most  important 

10  bulwark,  the  city  [of]  Vienna,  from  the  enemy.  You1 
are  fighting  a  holy  fight  in  which  even  (the)  unrewarded 
exertion  is  glorious  and  to  fall  [is  to]  win  a  heavenly  crown. 
You  are  not  fighting  for  your  king  but  for  God  himself. 
His  omnipotence  has  led  you  up 8  these  pathless  heights 

15  without  a  struggle  and  has  already  given  half9  the  victory 
into  your10  hands.  Already  the  haughty  infidels  see  you 
above  their  heads.  They  lose  (the)  courage  and  creep 
into  valleys  and  gorges  as  [if]  into  their  graves.  I  have 
only  one  command  to  give  you  :  [Let]  your  king  be  your 

20  example.  Forward,  then  !  Follow  me,  brave  warriors ; 
follow  me,  noblemen  and  knights ;  to-day  you  are  to  win 
your  spurs  ! " 

After  a  short  conference  with  the  duke  of  Lorraine  and 
an  address  to  the  officers,  the  Polish  king  gave  the  com- 

25  mand  to  attack  the  enemy,  with  the  cry,  "  God  is  our  help  ! " 
The  prince  of  Waldeck  and  the  elector  of  Bavaria  com- 

1  fyalten.  2  an  (ace.).  3  bet.  4  Order  ?  s  the  -whole.  6  inbcm,  with 
subor.  clause.  7  iljr.  8  fytttauf.  Order  ?  9  the  half.  I0  Cf.  39, 
n.  13. 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  QI 

manded  n  the  centre  of  the  army,  the  king  of  Poland  the 
right  and  the  duke  of  Lorraine  the  left  wing. 

The  battle  lasted  all  day  long,12  but,  when  evening  came, 
the  victory  of  the  Christian  army  was  sure,  and  the  Turks 
had  fled.  They  were  pursued  [for]  two  hours  after  sunset  5 
by  the  cavalry,  but  the  tired  troops  finally  had  to  turn  back. 
The  Polish  king  took  possession  of  the  tent  of  the  grand 
vizier.  On13  the  night  of  the  i3th  of  September  u  he  wrote 
to  his  wife  from  this  tent  that  he  had  made  himself  the 
heir  of  the  grand  vizier.  10 

"This  tent  alone,"   he  wrote  in  the  letter  to  his  wife, 
"  has  a  circumference  as  great  as  that  of  the  city  [of]  Warsaw 

or  Lemberg It  is  impossible  to  describe  the  luxury 

which  prevailed  in  the  tent  of  the  grand  vizier.  There  were 
baths  and  little  gardens  with  fountains  and  rabbit-burrows.  15 
Four  or  five  quivers15  set  with  rubies  or  sapphires  are  alone 
worth  some  thousands  [of]  ducats.  You16  can  not  now  say 
to  me,  my  dearest,  what  the  Tartar  women  say  to  their  hus- 
bands when  they  come  home  without  booty17:  'You16  are 
no  warrior  because  you  have  brought  nothing  [to]  me.'  "  2o 

On  the  next  morning  after  the  great  victory  over  the 
Turks18  and  their19  flight,  King  Sobieski  made20  his  entry 
into  Vienna.  As  the  heat  was  great  and  the  king  was  tired 
on  account  of  the  exertions  of  the  previous  day,  he  sat 
down  upon  a  stone 21  to  rest  a  little  before  he  entered  the  25 
city.  Afterwards  the  name  of  the  king  was  cut22  into  the 
stone,  and  it  remained  a  memorial  of  that  noteworthy  day 
until  it  was  destroyed  by  the  French  in  the  year  1809. 

11  tomtnanbieven.  I2  ben  flatten  Sag  (bjnburd)).  "  in.  l4  bc«  13. 
for  13ten)  (September.  IS  Am,  four  or  five  with  rubies  or  sapphires 
set  (beje^t)  quivers,  • I6  Pronoun  ?  "  Order  ?  IS  Ace.  I9  May  be  bereit. 
Why?  fallen.  "Case?  22  Ijcmen. 


92  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Having  arrived M  in  the  city,  the  king  went  first  to M  the 
church  of  the  Jesuits  to  thank  God  for  the  victory,  and  then 
to  the  church  of  St.  Stephen.     Afterwards  there  was  a  ban- 
quet at25  the  house  of  Count  Starhemberg,  whither  the  king 
5  went  in  the  count's  carriage. 

41.    The  Nile. 

The  Nile  is  the  servant  that  supplies  the  tables  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  with  food.  Above1  Cairo  the  great,  [as]  yet 
undivided,  stream  is  a  magnificent  sight,  although  the  mul- 
titude of  boats,2  filled  with  the  people  and  products  of  the 

10  land,  which  covered  its  surface  in  the  times3  of  Herodotus, 
has  mostly  disappeared. 

In  the  times  of  the  Pharaohs  Egypt  richly  nourished  and 
sustained  seven  million  inhabitants.  To-day  the  number 
scarcely  amounts  to  five  millions.  [And]  yet  the  land, 

15  under  complete  cultivation,  could  still  nourish  and  clothe  its 
seven  million  inhabitants  with  all  their  domestic  animals  as 
in  the  times  of  its  former  greatest  prosperity,  for  the  Nile 
opens  his  hand  just  as  wide  as  formerly. 

If  one  wishes  to  comprehend  what  Egypt  would  be  with- 

20  out  the  blessing  of  the  Nile,  one  must  see  the  land  in  the 
condition  in  which  it  is*  before  the  overflow.  The  winter 
there  is  as  warm  as  our  spring,  and  lower  Egypt  is  then 
often  refreshed  with  showers.  But  after  a  few  weeks  the 
freshness  of  nature  disappears.  The  heat  is  as  great  in 

25  March  as  with  us  in  summer.  The  fields  are  then  white 
for6  the  harvest,  and  at  the  beginning  of  April  the  wheat 
is  cut. 

23  after  he  etc.,  or  in  the  city  arrived.     **  in.      25  in. 
1  oberfjdlb  (gen.).      2  Arr.,  the  with  the  people  and  products  of  the 
land  filled  boats.    3  gur  3"*,  or  in  &en  Beiten.    4  fid)  befinbm.    s  ju. 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  93 

Then  come  the  hot  winds  which  stream  for  seven  weeks 
[from]  out  the  south.  The  verdure  of  the  meadows  almost 
disappears,  and  only  the  palm-tree  keeps6  its  green  leaves 
in  [the  midst  of]  the  drought  and  heat.  At  this  time  no 
foreigner  should  go  to  Egypt,  for  then  the  pest  and  other  5 
[kinds  of]  sickness7  rage.  But  when  the  heat  is  greatest8 
the  cooling  north-winds  begin  to  blow.  The  rain  begins  to 
fall,  but  the  rising9  of  the  water  in  the  Nile  is  not  very 
noticeable  before  the  beginning  of  July. 

From  that  time  on  a  crier  announces  in  the  streets  of  10 
Cairo  how  high  the  water  has  risen  on  each  day.     In  Au- 
gust (the)  millet  is  sown,  as  it  flourishes  best,  when  young, 
beneath  the  water.     It  is  not  unpleasant  for  a 10  foreigner  to 
live  and  travel  in  Egypt  in  the  month  [of]  September.    The 
north-winds  are   now  the  prevailing  [ones]  and  swell  the  15 
sails  of  the  boats  steering  towards  Thebes.     On  the  26th 
or  2yth  of  September  the  stream  has,  as11  a  rule,  reached 
its  highest  point. 

The  height  of  the  water  now  begins  to  lessen  gradually. 
The  greater  part  of  the  fields  now  become  visible.     Wheat  20 
and  barley,  and  many  other  grains  are  sown.     Thus  all  the 
labors  of  the  husbandman  are  determined  in  Egypt  by  the 
time  of  the  overflow  of  the  Nile,  and  early  does  the  stream 
teach  him  to  pay  heed  to  the  duration  of  the  year  and  its 
seasons,  and  to  esteem  it  as  the  greatest  benefactor  of  the  25 
land. 

6  bcljaltcit.     7  Plu.     8  am  flrbfjten,  or  bie  grbjjte?     9  Inf.  as  noun. 
10  Def.  art.     Why  ?     "  Say,  in  the. 


94  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

42.   The  Battle  in  the  Teutoburger  Forest.1 

In  the  times  of  the  emperor  Augustus  (the)  ancient  Ger 
many  was  bounded  on2  the  north  by3  the  German  Ocean4 
and  the  Baltic,  on  the  east  by  the  Vistula  and  the  Car- 
pathian [mountains],  on  the  south  by  the  Danube,  and  on 
5  the  west  by  the  Rhine.  The  country  was  rough  and  covered 
with  impenetrable  forests. 

As  the  Germans  were  making  constant  incursions  into 
Gaul,  Drusus,  the  step-son  of  (the)  Augustus,  determined  to 
attack  them  in  their  own  country.  For  four  years  in  sue- 
10  cession  he  made  incursions  into  Germany.  He  built  fifty 
strongholds  on6  the  Rhine  and  forced  his  way  forwards  as 
far6  as  the  Elbe. 

After  the  death  of  Drusus  Tiberius  assumed  the  chief 
command.  He  overcame  the  Germans  more  by  trickery 
15  than  by  bravery,  and  met  with  such  success  that  the  Romans 
soon  regarded  the  country  between  the  Rhine  and  the  Weser 
as  dependent  upon  them. 7  They  began  to  introduce  their 
language,  customs  and  laws. 

The  next  governor,  Quintilius  Varus,  desired  especially 

20  to  increase  the  Roman  influence.     Because  the  people  were 

at  first  quiet,  he  believed  that  he  could 8  easily  carry  out  his 

plans.     But    the    Germans   were    really    dissatisfied,    and 

especially  Arminius,9  a  Cheruskan  prince. 

He  had  served  in  the  Roman  army,  and,  as  [the]  leader 

25  of  the   Cheruskan    auxiliaries,  he  had  become  a  Roman 

citizen  and  knight.     Now 10  that  Rome's  plan  of  subduing 

the  Germans  was  becoming  more  and  more  clear,  he  felt 

1  Compound.  2  in.  3  won.  4  9torb«  unb  Oftfee.  s  an,  or  cutf  ? 
8  bi8  Jit.  7  Simp.  dat.  8  Inf.  9  3(rminiu8,  or,  more  commonly,  £er= 
mann.  I0  jefet,  ba. 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  95 

himself  called11  [to  be]  the  saviour  of  his  country,  and 
with  some  other  Cheruskan  nobles  laid"  a  plan  to  de- 
liver it. 

Meanwhile  Varus  feared  no  danger,  and  especially  none 
from  [the]  side"  of  Arminius,14  whom  he  trusted  so  much    5 
that  he  paid  no  heed  to  the  suggestions  of  Segastes,  another 
Cheruskan    prince,  who  was  an  enemy  of  Arminius.     But 
while  he  was  leading  a  merry  camp-life  on  the  left  bank  of 
the  Weser,  he  suddenly  received  intelligence  of  an  insurrec- 
tion on  the  Ems.     He  made    preparations  for15  breaking  10 
camp  and  had  the  Cheruskan  princes  renew  their  promise 
of  assisting  him. 

The  day  before  Varus  broke  camp  Segastes  made  him 
acquainted  with  the  whole  plan,  but  Varus  did  not  believe 
him.16  He  knew  that  Arminius  and  Segastes  were  enemies,  15 
because  the  former  had  carried  off  the  latter's  daughter, 
Thusnelda,  and  had  married  her  against"  her  father's  will. 
Thus  a  higher  power  seems  to  have  blinded  Varus,  in  order 
that  Germany  should  become  free. 

The  German  princes  separated  from  Varus,  as  they  said,  20 
in  order  to  lead  their  troops  to  him.     Instead  of  doing18  so 
they  called  their  people  to  freedom.     From  valley  to  valley 
the  call  resounded  and  carried 19  all  along  with  it. 20     Even 
Segastes   followed    the    others.     Suspecting    nothing,    the 
Roman  army  under  Varus,  without  strict  discipline  and  with  25 
much  baggage,  went   through  the  impenetrable  forest,  in 
which    they    had    first   to   make21   roads    and   to   bridge 
streams. 


11  bevufen  gum.  I2  eutroerfen.  I3  Don  ©eitett.  u  Insert  def.  art. 
if  3lrnumu«  is  used.  Why?  "  gum  9lufbvudj.  16Case?  I7  wibev. 
18  auftatt  beffeu.  I9  reifjen.  20  itjm,  or  fid)  ?  21  batten. 


96  GERMAN    COMPOSITION. 

Soon  continual  rains  made  the  ground  so  spongy  that 
horses  and  men  went  staggering  along,  and  all  became  ex- 
hausted. Suddenly  the  Germans,  at  first  singly,  then  in 
masses,  broke  forth  from  the  forest  from  all  sides  and 
5  attacked  the  exhausted  Romans.  Finally  the  army  reached 
an  open'22  spot,  where  the  attacks  ceased,  and  pitched  (a) 
camp  for23  a  night's  rest. 

On  the  following  morning  the  army  went  on.     Scarcely 

had  the  legions  reached  the  Teutoburger  forest,  when  they 

10  were  again  attacked  from  all  sides.     Only  with  difficulty 

did  they  reach  a  place  at  evening  where  they  could  rest. 

On  the  third  morning  the  attacks  were  continued. 

The  bowstrings,24  relaxed  by  the  rain,  refused  [to  do] 
their  duty.  The  heavy  armor  of  the  Romans  became  a26 
15  double  burden  [to]  them,  while  the  light-armed  Germans 
were  less  impeded.  The  Romans  finally  reached  the  south- 
western slope  of  the  Teutoburger  forest,  where  the  plain 
begins.  Here  the  chief  army  of  the  Germans  was  as- 
sembled. 

20  In  the  neighborhood  of  the  present  Detmold  the  last 
struggle  began.  The  Roman  legions  gave  way,  their  cavalry 
fell26  into  disorder,  their  eagles  were  taken.  Varus  himself 
when  he  saw  all  lost,  fell  upon27  his  sword  in  order  not  to 
survive  the  disgrace.  Most  of  the  Romans  succumbed  [to] 
25  the  swords  of  the  Germans,  and  only  a  few  escaped. 

The  revenge  of  the  exasperated  victors  did  not  always 
spare  the  captives  ;  many  were  sacrificed  on  the  altars  of 
their  gods.  Even  the  body  of  Varus  was  torn  to  pieces,  and 
his  head  was  sent  by  Arminius  to  Marbod,  who  had  taken 


22  |V£^     23  ,ul.       24  Arr.,  tfa  ty  ffo  rain  reiaxeci  lustrings.     25  JUV. 

86  geroten,     zl  in. 


HISTORICAL    SELECTIONS.  97 

no  part  in  the  general  struggle  for  liberty.  Some  of  the 
captives  were  made  slaves,  and  even  Roman  knights  and 
senators  had  to  spend  the  rest  of  their  days  in  servitude. 

This  battle  annihilated  one  of  the  bravest  and  best  drilled 
Roman  armies,  which,  with  its  auxiliaries,  was  estimated  at  5 
50,000  men.  When  the  intelligence  of  this  defeat  came  to 
Rome,  all  were  bewildered.  They  already  believed  that  the 
left  bank  of  the  Rhine,  together  with  Belgium  and  Gaul, 
was28  lost,  and  that  Italy  was  threatened. 

Augustus  so  lost  (the)  hope  that  he  rent  his  garments  in  10 
his  distress  and  cried  :    "  Varus,  Varus,  give M  me  back  my 
legions  !  "     With  anxious  haste,  as  if  the  enemy  were  already 
coming28  to  attack  Rome,  all   Germans  and   Gauls  were 
removed  from  the  city,  and  the  German  boc'y-guard  was 
sent  away.     But  the  Germans  did  not  think  of  conquest.  15 
They  destroyed    all    memorials  of  Roman   servitude    and 
returned  to30  their  hearths. 

28  Mode  ?     2'  gieb.      *>  ait. 


VOCABULARY. 


EXPLANATIONS. 

The  abbreviations  employed  are  the  usual  ones.  In  addition  to  these  a  dash  [ — ] 
indicates  the  repetition  of  the  title  word. 

In  nouns  the  genitive  is  indicated  when  it  differs  from  the  nominative,  and  the  plural 
is  indicated  whenever  the  word  has  one.  Thus,  <Sd)(ag,  m.  -e§,  -"e,  masculine  noun, 
genitive  singular  ®(!)Iage§,  nominative  plural  Sd)lafle. 

Verbs  of  the  strong  conjugation  are  marked  S.  In  case  the  auxiliary  is  not  indi- 
cated by  f.  (fein)  or  by  f.  or  b.  (few  or  Ijaben),  the  verb  is  to  be  inflected  with  [jabett. 
Separable  compounds  are  indicated  by  hyphens  ;  inseparables  are  written  as  one  word. 

Accents  are  occasionally  indicated.  All  references  are  to  the  text  or  notes.  Parts 
of  speech  and  other  grammatical  details  are  noted  only  when  necessary  to  avoid  con- 
fusion. Only  such  meanings  are  given  as  occur  in  the  text,  or  are  necessary  to  explain 
these. 

By  permission,  the  method  of  indicating  grammatical  forms,  etc.,  is  taken,  with  some 
modifications,  from  the  vocabulary  of  Joynes'  German  Reader. 


VOCABULARY. 


a,  an,  tin;  not  — ,  fein. 

able,  be  — ,  fonnen,  irr. 

about,  prep.,  um  (ace.) ;  adv.,  umtjer; 
(nearly)  nngeftirjr,  etttia;  be  —  to, 
cbcn  roollen,  irr.,  im  Segviffe  fetn 

(irr.)  JU. 

above,  itber  (ace.  or  dat.). 
absent,  abroefenb. 
absorbed,  in  fid)  gefefjrt. 
accept,  aiwtefjmen,  S. 
accompany,  bcgleiten. 
accordance,  in  —  with,  nod)  (dat), 

geiltafj  (dat.,  reg.  follows  its  noun). 
according  to,  see  preceding  word. 
accordingly,  baber. 
account,  donto,  m.  -8,  -8  or  Sonti; 

on  —  of,  roegen  (gen.). 
acknowledge,  beftcitigen. 
acquaintance,    SBefamttfdjaft,    /.; 

(person)    ber   33efaiUtte    (fart,    as 

noun). 

acquainted,  bcfannt. 

act,  fid)  bcnefymen,  S. 

activity,  9tuftigfett,/. 

address,  «.,  Enrobe,  /.  -n  (to,  an, 

ace.) ;  v.,  nennen,  irr.;  make  an  — , 

eine  ?tnrebe  fatten,  S. 
adjutant,  2tbjntcmt',  m.  -en,  -en. 
admit,  »or4affen,  S.;  (concede)  jn» 

gcben,  S. 
adorn,  Devjtevcn. 


Adrianople,  3tbrianope(,  ».  -8. 
advance,    fd)reitcn,   S.,  f. ;    in  — , 

ooranS,  (59, 1.  6)  im  Doran«. 
advantage,  SSorteit,  m.  -8,  -e. 
adventure,  SKbenteiter,  n.  -«,  — . 
advice,  9tat,  m.  -e§,  ^e. 
advise,  raten,  S.  (dat.pers.). 
affair,  @ad)e,  /.  -n;   (87,  1.  i)  ®e* 

fdjcift,  n.  -s,  -e;  (43, 1.  n)  (greig* 

ni?,  n.  -ffe«,  -ffe. 
afraid,  be  — ,  fid)  fitvdjtcn  (of,  »or, 

(dat.). 

Africa,  5Ifrtfa,  n.  -8. 
after,  prep.,  nad)  (dat.);   conj.,  nad)= 

bent;  adv.,  nadjfjev,  bavanf;  —  this, 

nad)h,ev,  barauf. 

afternoon,  Dfadjmittag,  m.  -8,  -e. 
afterwards,  fpciter,  nod)^ev;   soon 

— ,  balb  bavauf. 
again,  roieber,  nodjmals. 
against,  gegcn  (ace.). 
age,  Stlter,  ».  -8,  — ;  a  good  old  — , 

cin  ()of)e8  ^ttter. 
aged,  alt 
ago,  ttor  (dat.) ;  a  few  weeks  — ,  DOV 

cinigen  SBodjen;  long  — ,  »or  3ti' 

ten;  some  time  — ,  fd)on  tongft. 
agreement,  'Jlbrebe,  /.  -n. 
agriculture,  3tcfcrban,  m.  -8. 
air,  ?uf  t,  /.  Ke  ;   in  the  open  — ,  im 

gveicn;  night—,  sJJad)tlnft. 
airy,  Infttg. 
alarm,  n.,  j^urdjt,/;  v.,  alarmieren, 

1 01 


102 


VOCABULARY. 


alight,  ab.ftetgen,  S.,  f. 

all,  adj.,  all;    (whole)   ganj;    adv., 

gang;  no  (none)  ...  at  all,  gar  feiu; 

not  ...  at  all,  gar  itidjt. 
allowed,  be  —  ,  biirfen,  irr. 
almost,  bcinafye,  faft. 
alone,  alletn'. 
along,  fort,  l)in;  —  with  (76,  1.  21), 

neben  (dat.). 
aloud,  see  read. 
Alps,  bie  2(tyett,  /.  //. 
already,  fdjon. 
also,  and). 

altar,  Slltar',  m.  -«,  *e. 
although,  obgletd). 
altogether,  gar. 
always,  immev. 
ambassador,  ber  ©efanbte  (part,  as 

noun). 

American,  Slmertfaner,  m.  -«,  —  . 
among,  unter  (dat.  or  ace.). 
amount  to,  betragen,  S. 
amuse,  refl.,  ftd)  ttergniigen. 
amusement,  SBergniigen,  n.  -8. 
ancient,  nit. 

and,  unb;  —  ...  too,  role  and). 
Anglo-Saxon,  anijeliiid)ft]d). 
angry,  jornig;  make  —  ,  argent. 
animal,  £ter,  n.  -e$  -e;   domestic 


annihilate,  t>ernid)ten. 
announce,  Derfiinbigen,  melben. 
annoy,  bclciftigen,  ^)(agen. 
another,  ein  anberer. 
answer,  n.,   Stntttort,  /  -en  (to, 
auf,  ace.);  z>.,anttt)orten  (dat.pers.\ 

auf,  ace.  thing). 
ant,  Slmeife,  /  -it. 
anticipate,    juDor«fommen,   S.,    j. 

(dat.). 


anxious,  a'ttgftlid),  bange. 

any,  not  — ,  fetlt;  not  —  more    Jdit 

ntefjr. 

anything,  etroaS. 
apoplexy,  ©d)lag,  m.  -e«,  *e;   be 

stricken  with  — ,  Jjom  @d)fage  ge= 

riibrt  luerben. 
apparently,  fdjetnbar. 
appear,  erfdjeinen,  S.,  f. 
appearance,  SUtSfeben,  n.  -8. 
applause,  Setfall,  m.  -«. 
aPPiy»  f'd)  roenbeil,  irr.  or  reg.  (to, 

an,  ace.). 

appointment,  grnennung,  /  -en. 
April,  Styril',  m.  -«. 
arise,  ftd)  erbeben,  S.,  entfieben,  S.,  f. 
arm,  2lrm,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
armor,  33ctt)affnung,/  -en. 
armor-bearer,  SBaffentra'ger,  m.  -% 

army,  §eer,  n.  -e8,-e,  Slrmee',/.  -n. 

around,  prep.,  lint  (ace.) ;  adv.,  urn* 
b,cr. 

arouse,  erttjedfen. 

arrange,  ein*vtd)ten. 

arrive,  an^fommen,  S.,  f.  (at,  in,  dat.) 

article,  Slrtifel,  m.  -S,  — . 

artist,  $iinfHer,  m.  -8,  — . 

as,  line;  (time)  al§;  (comparison,  cf. 
36,  n.  21)  al8,  tt)ie;  (inasmuch  as) 
ba;  (81,1.7)  fllS;  as...  as,  fo... 
ttiie  (o(«);  — if,  al8  ob  (roenn);  — 
well  — ,  fo  roobl  al«,  nrie  and). 

ascend,  befteigen,  S. 

Asia,  STfUrt/  «.  -g. 

ask,  fragen;  (request)  bitten,  S.  (for, 
urn) ;  he  was  — ed,  man  fragte 
tint;  —  questions,  gragen  petlen; 
—  about,  ftd)  erfunbigen  nod),  fro* 
gen  itadj. 


VOCABULARY. 


103 


asleep,  frf)fafenb;  be  —  ,  fdjlafen,  S.  ; 

fall  —  ,  ein=fd)Iafen,  S.,  f. 
assemble,  tr.,  toerfammeln;    intr., 

fid)  Berfammeln. 
assent,  ,3uftitnnmng,  /.  -en. 
assert,  bebaupten. 
assist,   ftelfcn,  S.    (dat.  fers.),    beU 

fteben,  S.  (dat.  pen.}. 
assume,  iibernehmen,  S. 
assure,  fidjern;  refl.,  ftd)  Berfidjern. 
astonished,  crftaunt  (at,  fiber,  ace.), 
astonishment,  Srftaunen,  n.  -8. 
at,  (place)  an  (dat.)  ;  (time)  Jit  (dat.); 

(hours  of  day)  unt  (ace.)  ;    (town) 

in  (dat.)  ;  out  —  ,  gu  —  I)inau8  ;   - 

all,  see  all. 
attack,  v.,  an=greifen,  S.;  n.,  Slngriff, 

m.  -S,  -e. 

attention,  3lufmerl{omfcit,  /. 
audience,  Slubienj',  /  -en;    (per- 

sons) 3"ptev,  m.  -$,  —  . 
August,  ^ugufF,  m.  -8. 
autumn,  £erbft,  m.  -8,  -c. 
auxiliaries,  §ilf8trutotoen,  /.//. 
awake(n),   tr.,   ettuecfen;    intr.,  er= 

njadjen. 
away,  «eg,  fort,  batoon. 


B 

babe,  (Heine)  ^inb,  n.  -e«,  -er. 
back,  juritrf  ;  (again)  nricber. 
bad,  fct)(e(f)t;  worse,  see  the  word. 
bag,  @acf,  m.  -e«,  ^e. 
baggage,  ©epacf,  n.  -8,  -e. 
balance,  au$°gleid)en,  S. 
balcony,  SBalfon',  m.  -«,  -e. 
ball,  S3aD,  m.  -e«,  *e. 
Baltic,  Oftfee,  /. 


bank,  Ufer,  n.  -«,  — . 

banner,  5fll)lte/  /•  ~n- 

banquet,  geflmahf,  n.  -e«,  -e. 

bare,  nacft. 

barley,  ©er^e,  /. 

barley-field,  ©erflenfelb,  n.  -e«,  -er, 

bath,  33ab,  n.  -e«,  "er. 

bathe,  tr.,  baben;  intr.,  ftd)  baben. 

battle,  @d)tad)t,  /.  -en,  ^ampf,  m. 
-e?,  "e. 

battle-field,  ©d)Iad)tfelb,  n.  -«,  -er. 

Bavaria,  99aiern,  n.  -8. 

be,  fetn,  irr. ;  (become)  ttjerbett,  irr.; 
(of  health)  ftd)  befinben,  S. ;  (live) 
Icben;  (remain)  bleiben,  S.,  f.;  I 
am  to  (cf.  30,  n.  5),  id)  foil;  there 
is  (are)  (cf.  86,  n.  5),  e«  ift  (ftnb), 
e«  giebt;  that  is,  ba«  Ijctfjt;  how 
are  you,  »uie  befinben  @ie  ftd). 

beam,  33al!en,  m.  -«,  — ;  (light) 
@traf)t,  m.  -e«,  -en. 

bear,  ertragen,  S. 

beard,  SBart,  m.  -e$,  "e. 

beast,  £ier,  n.  -e«,  -e. 

beautiful,  fdjbn. 

because,  fteil. 

become,  ruerben,  irr.;  (suit)  fiehen, 
S.  (dat.). 

bed,  iBett,  n.  -e«,  -en;  get  out  of  — , 
au«  (toon)  bent  SSette  auf=fleb,en,  S.; 
put  to  — ,  ju  S3ette  bringen,  irr. 

bed-room,  @d)Iafjimmer,  n.  -9,  — . 

before,  prep.,  (place)  to  or  (dat.  or 
ace.);  (time)  Dor  (dat.) ;  conj.,  che; 
adv.,  Berber,  jntoor;  (cf.  85,  1.  15) 
ttorig  (adj.) ;  —  this,  fd)on  friihcr; 
just  —  (34, 1.  23)  fur?  wor. 

beg,  bitten,  S. 

beggar,  Settler,  m.  -8,  — . 

begin,  begimten,  S.,  an=fangen,  S. 


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VOCABULARY. 


beginning,  Slnfani],  m.  -8,  ^e;  at 

the  — ,  im  (git)  Slnfang. 
behind,  hinter  (dat.  or  ace.) ;  oul 

from  — ,  Ijintei-  (dat.)  — - 
Belgium,  23elgien,  n.  -8. 
believe,  glaubeit  (dat.  pers.,  ace. 

thing). 

belong,  geljoren  (to,  dat.). 
beloved,  gdiebt. 
below,  unten. 
beneath,  iinter  (dat.  or  ace.). 
benefactor,  SBobtthater,  m.  -9,  —. 
berry,  SBeere,  /.  -it. 
beside  one's  self,  aufjer  fid). 
besides,  babei. 
best,  beft. 

betake,  fici)  begcbcit,  S. 
better,  beffer. 

between,  ^ttrijdjen  (dat.  or  ace.). 
bewildered,  ttertmrrt. 
bid,  hetften,  S.  (takes  inf.  without  git). 

big,   groji     (comp.,    grofjer,  super., 

gvofet). 

bill,  @d)itabel,  m.  -9,  \ 
bind,  binben,  S. 

binding  (of  book),  (Etnbanb,  »z.-8/e. 
bird,  SBogel,  m.  -8,  \ 
birthday,  ©eburtstag,  m.  -6,  -c. 
bishop,  53i|cf)of,  m.  -6,  *e. 
bitterly,  bitterlid^. 
blessing,  ©egen,  m.  -S,  — . 
blind,  Derbteitben. 
blood,  SMut,  n.  -e«. 
blow,  tuetjen,  blafeit,  S. 
blue,  btatt. 
boat,  25oot,  n.  -c8,  -c. 
body,  $or£er,  m.  -9,  — ;    (corpse) 

?eid)ttam,  m.  -s,  -c. 
body-guard,  ?eibmad)e,  /  -n. 
bold, 


book,  S3ud),  n.  -e«,  ^cr. 

boot,  ©ticfel,  m.  -8,  — . 

booty,  S3eitte,  /. 

borrow,  borgcit. 

both,  bctbe;  — the,  betbc,  bie  betbett. 

bottom,  33obctt,  m.  -§,  —  or  ^;   at 

the  — ,  cutf  bent  iBoben. 
bottomless,  bobenloS. 
bound,  bcgveujcn. 
boundary,  ©renje,  /  -it. 
boundless,  ntaOIoS. 
bouquet,  ©traitfj,  m.  -c§,  *e. 
bow,  v.t  fid)  Werbeitgen;    n.,   3Srr. 

bcitgung,  /.  -en. 
bowl,  @d)ale,  /  -n. 
bowstring,  SSogcnfebnc,  /.  -n. 
boy,  itnabe,  m.  -n,  -it. 
bramble,   Srontbeerftvaitd),  m.  -8, 

-cr. 

brave,  tapfer. 
bravery,  £apfer!eit,  / 
breach,  S3rud),  m.  -e§,  ae. 
bread,    33vot,    n.  -e§;    —  crumb, 

S3rotlrume,  /.  -n. 
break,  bvedjen,  S. ;   (applied  to  ob- 
jects,   generally)     gerbredjett ;     — 
forth,  b,ertiov=bved)en;  —  out,  au8= 
bred)en. 

breakfast,  friihftiicten. 
bribe,  beftedjeit,  S. 
bridge,  n.,  S3riicfe, /.  -it;  v.,  uber» 

bvMen. 
brief,  furg. 
bright,  bctt. 

bring,  bvtngcit,  S.;    (go  and  get) 
{joint;    —  together,    bcuan»boklt; 
—  up  (rear),  erjiehett,  S. 
brother,  23ruber,  m.  -8,  \ 
brotherly,  briiberltd). 
build,  baucn. 


VOCABULARY. 


105 


building,  ©ebaitbe,  «.  -8,  — . 

Bulgarian,  iBuIgarier,  m.  -8,  — . 

bulwark,  53otltt)erf,  n.  -8,  -e. 

burden,  ilaft,  /.  -en. 

burn,  brcnnen,  *>r. 

bury,  bcgrabcn,  S. 

bush,  ©trand),  m.  -e8,  "er. 

busied,  befd)afttgt. 

busily,  gefdjaftig. 

business,  ©efdjaft,  «.  -8,  -e; 
letter,  ©ejdjaftsbvief,  m.  -8,  -c. 

but,  obcr,  attein;  (strongly  adversa- 
tive and  after  a  neg.)  foilbcrn;  (nev- 
ertheless) bod),  jebod);  nothing — , 
llidjtS  al8;  not  only...  but  also, 
md)t  nitr  . . .  fonbern  and). 

buy,  fanfen. 

by,/r<?/.,  (place)  bei  (dat.),  an  (dat.); 
(agent)  ttoit  (dat.);  (instrument) 
burd)  (ace.),  tnit  (dat.),  won;  — 
Cassel,  bei  Saffel;  —  day,  bei  Sag; 
by  —ing  (c£.  48,  n.  61),  baburd), 
baft;  adv.,  Dorbei;  —  and  — ,  batb; 
(go)  —  the  house,  an  bent  §aufe 
tiorbei  (geben). 

bye,  good  — ,  lebe  tool)!,  abieu. 


Cairo,  Salvo,  n.  -8. 

cake,  &ud)cn,  m.  -8,  — . 

calf,  «alb,  «.  -c8,  "er. 

call,  «.,  9iuf,  w.  -c8,  -e;  (visit)  93f= 
fud),  ;«.-8,-e;  ».,  Vltfen,  51.;  (name) 
nennen,  /rr. ;  —  off,  ab=vufen;  — 
on  (visit),  befudjen;  —  out,  au8= 
rufcn;  be  — ed,  genannt  jetn,  I)et= 
Sen,  S. 

calmness,  9htbe,  /.  [beS  — ). 

Calycadnus,  $alt)cabmt«,  m.  (gen., 


camp,  ?ager,  n.  -8,  — ;   break  — , 

auf=bred)en,  S. 

campaign,  gelbjug,  m.  -S,  *e. 
camp-life,  Sagerlebcn,  n.  -8. 
can,  fomtcit,  irr. 
candle,  Sid)t,  n.  -e§,  -e. 
cap,  §anbe,  /.  -n;  put  a  —  on,  eine 

§anbe  auf=fefcen. 
capable,  fab,ig. 

capitulation,  ^tapttutatton,  /.  -en. 
captive,  gefangcn;   the  — ,  bev  ©e= 

fangcne  (part,  as  noun}. 
capture,  gcfangen  neb,men,  S. 
car,   change  — s,  um=jWgen,  S.,  f. 

(at,  in,  dat.). 
care,  «.@orge,/.-en;  (49,1.5) Ob^ttt, 

/.;  v.,  jtd)  befiimment  (for,  urn); 

take  — ,  fid)  in  ad)t  nebmen,  S. 
careful,  uorfid)ttg. 
Carpathian  (mountains),  $ar£a= 

tljen,  //. 
carpenter,    ^immevmann,    m.  -8, 

//.,  3irnmerleute  (or  ^manner). 
carriage,  2Sagen,  m.  -8,  — ,  Jhttfdje, 

/  -n;  by  — ,  311  SBagen. 
carry  along,  fort=reifjen,  S. ;  —  off, 

entfiihren;  —  out,  burd)=fitl)i:en. 
Carthage,  Carthago,  n.  -8. 
carving-knife,  SBorlegemeffev,    n. 

-*,—• 

case,  $atl,  m.  -e8,  *e;  in  — ,  fall8. 
castle,  @d)(o6,  n.  -ffe8,  -"ffer,  S3urg, 

/.  -en. 
cat,  $at?e,/.  -n;  (Sel.  23)  $ater,  m. 

-6,—. 

catalogue,  Catalog',  m.  -8,  -e. 
catch,  fangen,  S.;  —  up  with,  ein» 

tjolen. 

cattle  raising,  !J>tcI)jud)t,/.  [fad)en. 
cause,  «.,  Urfadje, /.  -n;  v., 


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cavalry,  SarjaEerie',  /. 

cease,  auf=bovcn. 

ceiling,  ^lafonb',  m.  -8,  -8. 

celebrate,  feiern. 

celebration,  ^eter,  /. 

cell,  Belle,/,  -n. 

centre,  Centrum,  «.  -8,//.  Sentven. 

ceremony,  (marriage)  framing,  /. 

-en. 

certainly,  germft. 
chair,  @tul)I,  m.  -e8,  -"e. 
challenge,  ouf=forbern  (to,  311). 
chamber,  hammer,/,  -n. 
chancellor,  Jtanjter,  m.  -8,  — . 
change,  tierfinbern;  (transform),  »ers 

roanbeln;    (exchange),   tiertaujcijen 

(for,  mit). 

character^ljaraf'ter,  m.-§,  pl.-it'n. 
charmed,  entgiirft.        [jagen  (dat.). 
chase,  «.,  Sagb,  /.  -en;  v.,  nac^» 
chat,  ptanbern. 
chatter,  ftap^ern. 
cheek,  SBange,/.  -n. 
cheerful,  Better. 
Cheruskan,  «.,  £f)em8fer,  m.  -8, 

— ;  adj.,  d)eru8fijci). 
chest,  tifte,/.  -n ;  gold  —,  ©olbf ifte. 
chief,  —  army,  §auptbeer,  «.  -8,  -e; 

—  command,  Oberbefeb^wz.-S,  -e; 

—  privy  councillor,  Cbergefyetmrat, 
m.  -8,  fie. 

child,  $inb,  «.  -e8,  -er;  —'&  flesh, 

$inberfleifcf),  «.  -e8. 
child-like,  finberljaft.          [gefut^t 
choice,  «.,  2Bal)l,  /.  -en;  adj.,  au8 
cold,  adj.,  fait  (comp.,  falter,  super., 

falteft) ;  «.,  §. alte,  etc.,  etc. 
cholera,  Sfyolera,/. 
choose,  roafylen,  erroab,len  (for,  gu). 
Christ,  (£b,riftu8,  (£b,riftt,  etc.,  Lat.  dec. 


Christendom,  Sbripen!)ettf  f. 
Christian,  «.,  S^rip,  w.  -en,  -en; 

adj.,  cfjriftUd). 
Christmas,    3Seib,naci)ten,   //.;   - 

dinner,  3Betl)nac^t8mabt,  «.  -8,  -e; 

at  —  ,  311  2Betb,natf)ten. 
church,  ^irt^e,  /.  -n;   —  of  the 

Jesuits,  3>ejuitenfird)e;  to  —  ,  gut 


circle  about,  umfreijeru 

circumference,  Umfang,  m.  -8. 

circumstance,  llmftanb,  m.  -8,  *e. 

citizen,  S3itrger,  m.  -8,  —  . 

city,  @tabt,/  ^e. 

claw,  Ifratte,/.  -n. 

clay,  «.,  ?eb,m,  m.  -e8;  adj.,  lefymift. 

clear,  flar. 

clever,  Hug,  gefcfjeit. 

climate,  ^Uma,  n.  -8,  -tc. 

clock,  o'—  ,  Ub,r;   two  o'  —  ,  groei 

llb,v;    at   (towards)   ten   o'—  ,    urn 

(gegen)  gebn  llb,r. 
close,  jcftliefcen,  S. 
close  by,  bid^t  bei  (dat.}. 
cloth,  £nd),  n.  -e8,  ^er;  Xtfo^tud^; 

lay  the  —  ,  ben  Stfdj  becfen. 
clothe,  befleiben. 
clothes,  $teiber,  «.  //.;  put  on  —  , 

^leiber  an=gieb,en,  S. 
clothing,  see  clothes, 
Co.,  see  company. 
coach,  SSagen,  m.  -8,  —  ,  $utfd)e, 

/.-n. 

coat,  9locf,  m.  -8,  ^e. 
cock,  §ab,n,  m.  -e8,  "e. 
coffee,  ^affee,  m.  -8. 
cold,  adj.,  fait;  ».,  i?atte,/.;  —  of 

winter,  SBinterfa'tte. 
colonel,  Oberft,  m.  -en,  -e  or  -en. 
column,  ^otonne,/  -n. 


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ID/ 


come,  fommen,  S.,  f.;  —  by,  Borbei= 

fommen;  — on,  hcran=fommen;  — 

together,  jufammen=!ommen. 
comfortable,  bequem. 
coming,  fommen,  n.  -8. 
command,  «.,  33efehl,»z. -8, -e;  v., 

befefylen,  S.  (dat.),  gebteten,  S.  (dat.); 

(military)  fommaubieren;  at  the  — , 

auf  ben  S3efehl;  be  in  —  of,  an= 

fiihren. 
commander-in-chief,  ^elbherr,  m. 

-\\,  -en. 

commend,  em^febleit,  S. 
commission,  «.,  2luftrag,  m.  -8, 

•"e;  v.,  aitf=tvagen,  S.  (dat.). 
common,  gemeiit. 
commoner,  SMrger,  m.  -8,  — ;  — 's 

son,  Siirgerfohn,  m.  -8,  -"e. 
commonplace    thing,    3UltagUd)» 

feit,/.  -en. 

companion,  ©efabrte,  m.  -n,  -n. 
company,  ©efcttfdjaft./'I-en;  (part- 
nership) dompogui'e,  /.  -n.    (Co. 

:=(£te);  in  —  with,  in  93eglettmtg 

(gen.,  or  Don  with  dat.). 
compare,  fcevgleidjen,  S. 
complain,  ttagen,  ftd)  beflagen,  (of, 

iiber,  ace.). 
complete,  adj.,  oollftdnbtg;  v.,  (cf. 

16,  n.  2)  be  — d,  fertig  toerben. 
compose,  bitten ;   (music)  fompo» 

nleten. 

composer,  ft omponift',  m.  -en,  -en. 
composition,  ^ompofttion',/.  -en. 
comprehend,  bcgveifen,  S. 
concerned   about,    bcforgt   uber 

(ace.). 
conclude,  fdjHefjen,  S.;  (determine) 

befdjliefeen. 
condemn,  lu'vuvtriU-ii. 


condition,  3uPan^  m-  -*>  "f,  be 

in  — ,  im    fhnbe  fein,  irr. 
conduct,  geteiten. 
conference,  llntembung,/  -en. 
confession,  ©eftanbnis,  n.  -e«,  -e. 
confide,  an*t>ertrauen  (to,  dat.). 
confidence,  SSertrauen,  n.  -8;  put 

—  in,  SBertranen  in  (ace.)  —  fe^eu. 
confirm,  beftatigen. 
confusedly,  burd)  einanber. 
congratulation,   ©litrftnnnjd),    m. 

-e8,  Ke. 

connoisseur,  tenner,  m.  -8,  — . 
conquest,  gvoberung,/.  -en. 
conscience,  ©ettnffen,  n.  -8. 
consciousness,  @elbflgefiil)l,  n.  -8. 
consent,  v.,  euunrilligen;  «.,  @in* 

tt)ittigung,/. 
consequently,  bafjer. 
consider,  batten  (S.)  filr. 
constant,  beftdnbig. 
constantly,  beftanbig,  tmmer. 
consternation,  SBeftiirjnng,/. 
consultation,  53eratung,/.  -en. 
consume,  auf=gebren. 
content,  begniigen. 
continual,  anfyattenb. 
continue,  tr.,  fovt=je^en;  intr.,  fort* 

fabren,  S.  (but  cf.  also  67,  n.  2). 
contrast,  Contra  ft',  m.  -8,  -e;   a 

great  — ,  ein  getnaltigei1  Sontrafl. 
contrive,  erftnnen,  S. 
control,  refl.,  jtd)  faffen. 
conversation,  Unterbattung,/.  -en, 

©eforadj, «.  -8,  -e. 
converse,  fpredjen,  S. 
convince,  itberjengen. 
cook,  fodjen;  (bake)  bacfeit,  S. 
cool,  fiibten. 
co-operation,  aJJitwirfnng,/ 


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copy,  (Sremplar',  «.  -8,  -e. 

corn,  ©etreibe,  n.  -8;  flora,  «.  -e8, 

*er. 
corn-field,  ©etreibefetb,  n.  -e8,  -er, 

flornfetb. 
corps,  £orp8,  «.  -8,  -8  ;   flying  —  , 

@treifcorp«. 
cost,  foften. 
cottage,  £iitte,  /  -it. 
couch,  Siubebett,  «.  -8,  -en,  Eager, 

«.  -8. 

council,  9tat,  >».  -e8,  "e. 
councillor,  9tat,  w.  -e8,  "e. 
count,  ©raf,  m.  -en,  -en. 
count,  redjnen  (on,  attf,  ace.). 
countenance,  ®cftd)t,  «.  -e8,  -er. 
country,  i'anb,  n.  -e8,  "er  (or  -e). 
courage,  2)htt,  w.  -e8. 
course,  of  —  ,  natiidid). 
court,  §of,  w.  -e8,  "e;   —  official, 

ber  §ofbeamte  (adj.  as  noun)  ;  at 

—  ,  am  (bet)  §ofe;  to  (the)  —  ,  an 

ben  §of. 
courtier,  §ofntann,  m.  -8,  //.,  §of* 

leute  (or  ^manner). 
cover,  bebedfcn;  —  one's  self  up,  jtd) 


coward,  ^eigling,  m.  -8,  -e. 
crack,  fnadten,  auf=fnacfen. 
crank,  flurbel,/  -n. 
crawl,  !ried)en,  S.,  f.  or  ^. 
create    (cf.   48,  n.   62),    ernennen, 

irr. 
creep,  jdjleidjen,  S.,  f.;  (90,  1.  17), 

fid)  oerfriedjen,  S. 
cricket,  ©riEe,/.  -n. 
crier,  2lu8fd)reter,  m.  -8,  —  . 
critical,  fntijd). 
cross,  get)en  (S.,  1)  iiber  (ace.);  — 

over  (79,  1.  13),  uber=fetjen. 


crossing,  libel-gang,  m.  -8,  "e  (of, 

iiber,  ace.). 
crow,  fraljen. 
crowd,  3J?enge,/.  -n;  —  of  people, 

2Jicnfd)enmena.e. 
crown,  $rone,/  -n. 
cruel,  granfam. 
cruelty,  (Svaufamfeit,/.  -n. 
crumb,    flvume,  /.  -n;    bread  — , 

Skotfnime. 

crusade,  Sreugjug,  m.  -8,  "e. 
cry,  «.,  9?itf,  m.  -e8,  -e;  v.,  rufen, 

S.,  aus=ritfen;  (weep)  toetnen;  — 

out,  au8=ntfen. 
cultivate,  an=bauen. 
cultivation,  Stnbau,  m.  -8;  under 

complete  — ,  bet  Dottem  2Inbau. 
custom,  @itte,/  -n. 
cut,    jdjtteiben,   S.;   (chop)    hatfen, 

b,auen,  S.;  —  to  pieces,  (in  @tiiden) 

jerb,arfen. 


dainty,  i'ecferbtffen,  m.  -8,  — . 

dance,  n.,  £anj,  m.  -e8,  ^e;  v., 
tanjen. 

danger,  ©efaljr,  /.  -en. 

dangerous,  gcfaljrlid). 

Danube,  2)onau,/. 

dark,  adj.,  bunfet,  ftnfler;  «.,  ^tnfter= 
itt8,/ 

dash  on,  fpveugen;  —  to  pieces,  jer= 
fdjmettern. 

daughter,  Sodjter,/  *. 

day,  Sag,  m.  -e8,  -e;  —  after  to- 
morrow, iibermorgen;  —  before 
yesterday,  Dorgeftern;  all  —  long, 
ben  gangen  Xag(^inburcb7) ;  by  — ,  bet 
£ag;  for  — s  at  a  time,  Sage  lang. 


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dead,  tot. 

deafness,  Saubbeit,/. 

dear,  lieb;   my  — est  (cf.  70,  1.  21), 

metn  §erj. 

death,  £ob,  m.  -eS,  -e. 
debt,  @d)ulb,  / -en;  for—,  ttjcgen 

feiner  @d)ulben. 
decay,  33ertt>efung,/ 
December,  ®ejembev,  *».  -«,  — . 
decide,  entjdjeiben,  S. 
decisive,  entfdjetbenb. 
declare,  cvflfiren. 
deed,  £bat,/-en. 
defeat,  ^ieberloge,/  -n. 
degree,  ©tab,  m.  -e§,  -e. 
delay,  intr.,  gaubern,  go  gent;   tr., 

tievjogern. 

delighted,  erf  IT  it  t. 
deliver,  befreien. 
demand,  erforbern. 
deny,  Berfagen. 
departure,  Slbreife,/ 
dependent,  abfyangig. 
describe,  bejd)retbcn,  S. 
description,  SBefdjreibnng,/  -en. 
deserve,  toerbienen. 
desire,  n.,  SBunfd),  m.  -c$,  ^e;  (66, 

1.  3)    Suft,  /.  *e;  v.,  rt)iinfd)e»,  be- 

geb,ren. 

destroy,  gerftbrat. 
determine,  befdjliegeu,  S.;  (93,1.  22) 

bcfttnimcn;  —  upon,  befdiUcfcen. 
devour,  oitf=freffen,  S. 
devr-drop,  Sautropfen,  m.  -§,  — . 
die,  ftevbcn,  S.,  f. 
different,  werfdjieben. 
difficult,  fdjtwer;  (72,  1.  5,  88, 1.  15) 

fdjroterlg. 
difficulty,    @d)>tjicrtgfett,  /.   -en; 

(96, 1. 10)  5Kitb,e,/  -n. 


direct,  rcgieren. 

directly,  bireft. 

dirty,  unrein. 

disappear,  t>erfd)tt>inben,  S.,  f. 

discipline,  ,3ud)t//' 

disclose,  entbecfen. 

discover,  entbecten. 

disgrace,  @d)anbe,/.  -n. 

disgraceful,  jdjimpftid). 

dish,  ©djuffef,  /.  -n;  — es  (collect- 
ively) ©efd)iiT,  n.  -g,  -e. 

dismiss,  ab=ttjeifen,  S. 

dismount,  ab'ftfcen,  S.,  f. 

disorder,  llnorbnung,  /;  fall  into 
— ,  in  Unorbnnng  geraten,  S.,  f. 

dissatisfied,  unjufrieben. 

distance,  (Sntfernung,  /  -en;  at 
some  — ,  in  einiger  ©ntfernung. 

distinctly,  beutlid). 

distinguish,  au§=geid)nen. 

distress,  ©djmerg,  m.  -e«  or  -en«, 
-en. 

disturb,  ftbren. 

ditch,  ©raben,  m.  -g,  •*. 

diversion,  3^'ftreunng,/.  -en. 

divide,  tcilen. 

do,  tb,nn,  S.;  (of  health)  ftd)  befinbcn, 
S.;  (show)  er^eigen;  I  can  —  noth- 
ing with  him,  id)  famt  mit  ihm 
nid)t«  oiufangen,  S. 

doctor,  2)oftor,  m.  -8,  -en. 

documental  dust,  -Jltteiifiaitb,  »•. 
-«. 

dollar,  ®oUar,  m.-9r,  — . 

domestic  animal,  .VMit^tirr,  ;/.  -9, 
-c. 

donkey,  (Sjel,  /«.-«,—. 

door,  £()iir(e),  /.-n. 

double,  bo^elt. 

doubtless,  ohne  3>"eife(,  bod). 


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VOCABULARY. 


down,  ab,  berab,  l)inab;  —  there, 

ba  unten. 
draft,  2Bed)f.el,  m.  -g,  —  (for,  itber, 

ace.;  or  im  Setrage  »on). 
draw,  j$ieb,en,  S. 
dread,  ftcf)  fitrctjten  ttor  (dat.). 
dreamy,  trciumerifd). 
dress,  fteiben,  an=ltciben;   refl.,  ftcf) 

an=jieben,  S. 
drill,  iib  en. 
drink,  v.,  trtnfen,  S.;  n.,  £ranf,  m. 

-eg,  •"e. 
drive,  tretben,  6".;  (a  [in  a]  carriage, 

cf.  50,  n.  21),  fafyren,  S.,  \.or^.* 

take  a  — ,  tyajieren  fahren,  ang* 

fabren. 

drop,  fatten  laffen,  S. 
drought,  3)iirre,/. 
drown,  *«/r.,  er.tr.inf en,  S.,  f.;    be 

— ed,  ertrtnlen. 
dry,  biirre,  trocfen;  —  up,  au«4rocf= 

nen. 

dub  (cf.  48,  n.  62),  fdjtagen,  ^". 
ducat,  S)ucat(en),  m.  -8,  -en. 
duchess,  ^erjogin,/  -nen  (of,  toon). 
duke,  £ergog,  »z.  -S,  -e  or  *e  (of, 

rjon). 

duly,  ritfjtig. 
duration,  2)auer,/. 
during,  njfi^renb  (gen.). 
dust,  @taub,  w.  -eg. 
dusty,  ftaubig. 
duty,  (service)  ®ienft,  m.  -e$,  -e. 

dwarf,  3lx)ei"flf  m-  ~e^/  ~e- 
dwell,  ttiol)nen,  (77, 1.  4)  lebeit. 
dwelling,  SBo^nung,/  -en. 


each,  jeber;  —  of  us,  jeber  »on  un«; 
—  other,  einonber,  ftc^. 


eagle,  5lbter,  m.  -g,  —  . 

ear,  Ofyr,  n.  -eg,  -en. 

early,  friib;  —  in  the  morning,  etc., 

cf.  30,  n.  7. 
earn,  uerbtcnen. 
earth,  (Srbe,  /.  -n;   on  —  ,  anf  ber 

(Srbe,  anf  grben. 
ease,  £etcf)ttgfeit,  /.;  ill  at  —  ,  it* 


easily,  leid^t. 

east,  Often,  m.  -0. 

easy,  feicfyt. 

eat,  effen,  S.;   (of  animals)  freffen 

S.;  —  up,  auf=freffen. 
edition,  SluSgabe,/.  -en. 
Edward,  (Sbuarb. 
E§ypt.  5i9t)pten,  n.  -g;   land  of  —  , 

bag  a'gt)ptifdf)e  ?anb;  lower  —  ,  lln- 

teragt)pten. 
eight,  ad)t. 
eighth,  ad)t. 
eighteen,  acfjtjebn. 
eighteenth,  adfjtje^nt. 
eighty,  adfjtjtg. 
Elbe,  Gibe,/. 
elector,  $urfiiift,  m.  -en,  -en  (of. 

uon). 

elevate,  ertjeben,  S. 
eleven,  elf. 
eleventh,  etft. 

else,  \  onft;  anything  —  ,  fonft  etroag. 
emotion,  (Smpfinbung,/.  -en. 
emperor,  ^aifer,  m.  -g,  —  . 
empire,  9teicf),  n.  -eg,  -e. 
Ems,  (§mg,/ 

enclosure,  ©etjege,  n.  -%,  —  . 
end,  enben. 

endurance,  Slugbaner,/ 
endure,  aug4)alten,  S. 
enemy,  geinb,  m.  -eg,  -e. 


VOCABULARY. 


Ill 


English,  englifd);  the  —  ,  bie  Gng= 

lanber,  m.  pi. 
enjoy,   ftd)   erfreuen   (gen.);    (have, 

share  in)  geniefeen,  S. 
enough,  genug. 
enter,  tr.,  treten  (S.,  f.)  in  (ace.),  ein* 

tretenin;  intr.,  etn=treten;  —  upon, 

aiutreten. 

entertain,  beroirten. 
enthusiasm,  SSegcifternng,/. 
entirely,  ganj.  [in,  ace.}. 

entrance,  Singang,  m.  -9,  "e  (to, 
entry,  Ginjltg,  m.  -8,  ^e;  make  his 

—  ,  fetnen  Stnjng  batten,  S. 
envious,  ttetbifd)  (of,  aiif,  ace.). 
equal,  gletd)  (i/at.). 
equally,  gleicf). 
escape,  entgeljcn,  S.,  f.  (Jat.);  (96, 

1.  25)  entfonnucn,  S.,  \. 
escort,  «.,    23eviletter,   "'•    -§>  —'•> 

(military)  (Morte,/.-n;  z>.,  geletten. 
especially,  bcfonber«. 
established,  Ijergcbnidjt. 
estate,  ©ut,  n.  -e«,  "er. 
esteem,  v.,  fdja^en;  (respect)  ad)ten; 


estimate,  jdja^en  (at,  cmf,  ace.). 
etc.,  it.  f.  to.  (unb  fo  Wetter). 
Europe,  (Suvopa,  n.  -8. 
European,  cuvopatjd). 
evacuate,  rattmen. 
even,  jetbft,  fogar;  (66,  1.  25)  cinmal; 

~  if,  nienu  .  .  .  and). 
evening,  ?tbenb,  m.-§,  -e;  this  —  , 

Ijeute  'Jlbettb. 
event,  (SveigniS,  n.  -ffc«,  -ffc;  in  any 

—  ,  Qttf  ieben  gall. 
ever,  je;  (always)  immer. 
every,  jebev;  —  one,  iebennann;  — 

evening,  jeben  2lbenb,  alle  ?Ibeube. 


everybody,  jebermanit,  -8,  etn  jeber. 

everything,  atle§. 

exactly,  gettatt. 

example,  23eiftriel,  n.  -S,  -e;  for  — , 

jum  93etfptel. 
exasperate,  erbittern. 
excellent,  tiorjitgltd),  Dovtreff(id). 
exception,  2Iu«nab,nte,  /.  -n,  (to, 

Don). 

exchange,  toedjfeln. 
exercise,  iibett. 
exertion,  ©treben,  n.  -8;  (91, 1.  24) 

Shtftrengitng,/  -en. 
exhaust,  erfdjopfen. 
exist,  eytftieren. 
expect,  crttiorten. 
expedition,  (Sypebttiott',  /.  -en. 
explain,  erflaven. 
express,  fiujjcru. 
extraordinary,  aufjerorbeut(id). 
extremely,  att^evft. 
eye,  2lnge,  n.  -8,  -n. 


fable,  gabet,  /.  -n. 
face,  @efid)t,  n.  -8,  -er. 
fairy,  ^fee,  /  -n. 
faithful,  treu. 
faithfully,  tren. 
faithless,  treulo8. 
faithlessness,  Srettloftgfeit,  /. 
fall,  fallen,  S.,  f.;    —  back  (yield), 

j)uriic&K»etd}en,  S.,  f. 
family,  ganti'ltc,  /.  -n  ;    —  letter, 

gamtfienbvtef,  m.  -6,  -e. 
famous,  beriiljntt. 
far,  luett;   (So,  1.  23)  fern;  by  — ,  bei 

SSeitem;  as  —  as,  bis  nad),  bis  gu. 
far-off,  fern. 


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VOCABULARY 


farewell,    le&e    (lebet,   etc.)    ft>of)I, 
abteu  ;  bid  —  ,  $!eberooh{  fagen  (to, 


farm,  §of,  m.  -e8,  -"e. 

fast,  feft;  (quick)  fcb,nell. 

fasten  together,  tocrbinben,  S. 

father,  SBatcr,  m.  -«,  \ 

fatigue,  grmiibung,  /.  ;    (6r,  1.  16) 

©trapaje,  /.  -n. 
fatherland,  Skterlanb,  n.  -8. 
fatten,  tnaften. 
fault,  ftebler,  m.  -8,  —  ;    (43,  1.  5) 

©cfjulb,  /  -en. 
favor,  @unft,/ 
favorable,  gitnfttg. 
favorite,  Siebling,  m.  -8,  -e;  —  oc- 

cupation, £iebling8befcf)aftigung,  /• 

-en. 
fear,  n.,  gnrcijt,  /.  ;  v.,  fitrdjten;  for 

—  ,    au8  gnrdjt;     with  —  ,    &or 


fearfully,  fnrd)tbar. 

feast,  @d)mcw8,  m.  -e8,  "e,  3Jiab,(= 

gelt,  /.  -en. 

feature,  3ug,  m.  -e§,  ^e. 
February,  gebruar',  m.  -8,  -e. 
feel,  fiifjlen;  (cf.  68,  n.  11)  I  —  ,  ntiv 

ijl  (wirb)  ju  2Rute. 
fellow,  the  little  —  ,  ber  $feine  {adj. 

as  noun). 
festal,  feftUd). 
festivity,  §eftltd)feit,  /.  -en;    (61, 

1.  19)  geft,  «.  -e«,  -e. 
few,  wenige;  a  —  ,  einige. 
field,  getb,  n.  -e8,  -er;  (cultivated) 

ader,  m.  -«,  -. 
fifteen,  funfjeb,n. 
fifteenth,  fiinfeeljnt 
fifth,  funft. 
fifty,  funfjig. 


fight,   n.  ^ampf,  m.  -e«,  -"e;    »., 

fampfen,  fec^ten,  S. 
fill,  fiitten. 
finally,  enbttdj. 
find,  finben,  S. 
fine,  jt^on. 
fire,    geuer,   n.  -«,  — ;    by  the  — , 

neben  bent  geuer. 
first,  adj.,  evft;  a^z/.,  guerft,  erfi;  at 

— ,  juerft,  onfang«. 
fit,  paffen  (a'a/.) ;  be  —  for,  taugen  git. 
fitted,  gefcfjicft. 
five,  fi'tnf. 
flame,  flammen. 
flattering,  jdjmeicfielfyaft. 
flee,  fUeben,  S.,  f. 
flesh,  ftleijd),  n.  -eg,  -e. 
flight,  gtadjt,  /.  -en. 
flint,  generftein,  m.  -%,  -e. 
float,  jd)tt>itnmen,  S.,  f.  <?r  b. 
flood,  glut,  /.  -en. 
flourish,  gebeib,en,  S.,  f. 
flower,  2Mume,  /.  -n. 
fly,  fliegen,  S.,  f.  or  b. ;    —  at,  ftcf) 

ftvirjen  auf  (ar<r.). 
fodder,  gutter,  n.  -8,  — . 
follow,  folgen,  f.  (</<*/.)• 
fond,  be  —  of  (food),  gent  effen,  S. 
food,    @peife,  /.    -n;    (provisions) 

9tabrnng§nuttel,  n.    pi. ;    (of  ani- 
mals) gutter,  n.  -«,  — . 
foot,  gnfj,  »z.  -68,^6;  at  his  feet, 

ib,m  gu  gitgen. 

foot-soldier,  gufjganger,  m.  -9,  — . 
for,  conj.,  benn;  prep.,  fiir  (ace.); 

(purpose)  JU  (dat.) ;    (time)  phrase 

in  ace.  without  f  rep. 
force,  n.,  (military)  @treitmad)t,  /. 

^e ;  v. ,  —  one's  way  (forward),  &or« 

bring  en,  S.,  f. 


VOCABULARY. 


foreigner,  ber  grembe  (adj.  as  noun). 
forest,  SBalb,  m.  -e«,  "er. 
forget,  Dergeffen,  S. 
forgive,  Bergeben,  S.  (dat.  pers.\ 
fork,  ©abet,  /.  -n. 
form,  florin,  /.  -en. 
formality,  ^orniaUtat',  f.  -en. 
formation,    SBUbling,  /.;     —    of 

countenance,  ©efidjtSbilbung. 
former,  (time)  friiher;  the  — ,  jener. 
formerly,  BormolS. 
forth,  fjerttor. 

fortification,  geftung,  /.  -eu. 
fortunate,  gliicfUd). 
fortune,  ©litcf,  n.  -e«;    good  — , 

©liicf. 

forty,  Dievjig. 
forward(s),    ttorttwrt«;    excl.,   auf, 

oorroarts. 
found,  ftiften. 

fountain,  @pringbrunnen,  m.  -«, — . 
four,  Bier. 
fourth,  titert. 
fourteen,  Dterjeljtt. 
fourteenth,  tiierjehnt. 
fox,  $itd)«,  m.  -e8,  *e. 
fragrance,  2)uft,  m.  -e«,  "e. 
frail,  gebvedjlid). 
France,  ^ranfretd),  n.  -«. 
Frank,  ^ranj,  m.  -en§. 
Frankfort,  J5ranlfurt,  n.  -%. 
Frederick,  ^riebrid). 
free,  adj.,  frei;  v.,  befreten. 
freedom,  ^retb,eit,  /. 
freely,  fret. 

freeman,  ber  ^reie  (adj.  as  noun). 
French,  franjoftfd);  the  — ,  bte  §ran= 

jofen,  m.pl. 

Frenchman,  ^rangofe,  m.  -n,  -n. 
fresh,  frifd). 


freshly,  frijd). 

freshness, 

friend,  greunb,  m.  -e«,  -e;  greun» 

bin,/,  -nen. 

friendly,  freunbjdjaftlidj. 
friendship,  greunbjd)aft,  /;   letter 

of  — ,  freunbfdjaftUdjer  Srief,  m. 

-e«,  -e. 
fright,  gurdjt,  /.,  @djrecfen,  m.  -9, 

— ;  with  — ,  Dor  ^urd)t. 
frighten    away,    »erid)eud)en ;     be 

— ed,   erfdjrecfen,  S.,  f.,  erfdjrocfen 

fein.  (at,  iiber,  ace.). 
frog,  grofd),  m.  -e«,  *e. 
from,  Don  (dat.');  (source)  CW8  (dat.), 

OOlt;  from...  on,  Don...  on;  from 

...  to,  bon . . .  nod)  (dat.),  (95, 1. 22) 

toon . . .  gu  (<&/.). 
fugitive,  $litd)tling,  m.  -%,  -e. 
full,  ttott. 
funeral  march,  Xrouermorfd),  m. 

-e«,  *e. 
further,  a^'.,  roeiter;  a</^.,  tt>eiter, 

ferner. 

fury,  SBut,  / 
future,  n.,  ^ufiinft,  /. ;  adj ,  fiinftig. 


gain,  erringen,  S. 

gallows,  ©otgen, ;«.-«,—;  to  the 

— ,  gum  ®o(gen. 
garden,  ©orten,  m.  -S,  \ 
garment,  ©etooub,  n.  -e«,  *er  or  -e. 
gate,  £bor,  n.  -e«,  -e. 
gather,  fommeln. 
Gaul,  ©ollteu,  n.  -8  ;    (inhab.)  ®al' 

Her,  m.  -$,  — . 
general,  n.,  ©enerot',  m.  -§,  -e ;  adj., 

ollgemein. 


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generally,  geftofjnlid). 

gentleman,  §err,  m.  -n,  -en. 

gently,  getnadjUd). 

George,  ©eorg. 

German,  beutfd);  the  — ,  ber 
©CUtfdje  (adj.  as  noun) ;  —  ocean, 
ftorbjee,  / 

Germany,  2)eutfd)tanb,  n.  -8. 

Gertrude,  ©ertrub. 

get,  befommen,  S.;  (with  dependent 
verb)  Idffen,  S.  (with  act.  inf.) ; 
(become)  tterben,  irr.;  (go  and  — ) 
holen;  (34,  1.  19)  fommen,  S.,  f. ; 
—  away,  entfttehen,  S.,  f. ;  —  in 
(into),  ein=fteigen,  S.,  f.  (in,  ace.)  • 
-  out  of  (bed),  cmHteben  (S.,  f.) 
CW8  (Won) ;  —  out  of  (carriage), 
au8=fteigen;  — to  (reach),  erreidjen; 
—  up,  auf'fteben;  where  did  you 
— ,  ttohev  baft  bn 

gift,  ©efd)enf,  n.  -8,  -e,  ©abe,  /.  -n. 

girl,  SDWbdjen,  n.  -8,  — . 

give,  geben,  S.;  (hand,  etc.)  reidjen 
(dat.fers.);  —  way,  ttetdjen,  S.,  f. 

giver,  ©eber,  m.  -8,  — . 

glad,  fvoh;  be  — ,  ftd)  freiten  (of, 
iibev,  acc.}\  I  am  —  to  see  him,  id) 
fehe  iljn  gevn. 

gladly,  gcrn. 

glance,  S3Udf,  m.  -e«,  -e. 

glass,  @(a8,  n.  -e«,  "ev. 

glisten,  gldnjen. 

glitter,  gtanjen. 

gloomy,  finfter. 

glorious,  riibmtid). 

glossary,  ©toffar',  n.  -8,  -e. 

glow,  $6te,/ 

go,  geben,  S.,  j.;  (in  a  conveyance) 
fafyren,  S.,  \.orf).;  (travel)  reifen, 
I  or  i;  (cf.  79,  n.  i)  Steven,  S., 


f.;  —  on  before,  tooran=geben  (dat); 

be  gone  (cf.  46,  n.  35)  fort  (or  fort= 

gegangen)  fcin. 
goal,  gid,  n.  -8,  -e. 
god,  ©ott,  m.  -e«,  ^er;  God,  ©ott. 
gold,  ®olb,  n.  -e«;  —  chest,  ©otb- 

fifte,  /-n;  —piece,  ©olbftiid,  n. 

-8,  -e. 

goldsmith,  ©otbfdjmteb,  m.  -8,  -e. 
good,  gut;  —  bye,  see  bye. 
good-natured,  guttniitig. 
gorge,  @d)tud)t,/.  -en. 
government,  9tegterung,/.  -en. 
governor,  @tatth,alter,  m.  -«,  —  . 
graceful,  giertid). 
graciously,  gnabig. 
gradually,  aUmtihlid).        [  —  arten. 
grain,   ©etreibe,    n.  -8,   (kinds  of) 
grammar,  ©ramtna'tif,/.  -en. 
grand,  grofe;  (splendid)  prcidjtig. 
grandma,  ©ro^miitterdjen,  n.  -8,  —  . 
grandmother,  ©roftmutter,/.  iL. 
grape,  2ranbe,/.  -n. 
grape-vine,  SBeinftod,  m.  -8,  ^e. 
grass.  ©va8,  n.  -e8,  ^ev. 
grateful,  bcmtbar. 
gratitude,  ®anfbarleit,/ 
grave,  ©rab,  n.  -e8,  ^er. 
gray  of  the  morning,  Xage8granen, 

n.  -8. 
great,  grofe  (comp.,  grbfeer,  super., 


greatly,  feb,r. 

Greece,  ©riedjentanb,  n.  -8. 

Greek,  n.,  @ried)e,  m.  -n,  -n;  adj., 

griedn'fd). 
green,  griin. 
greet,  griigen. 
greeting,  ©ritfj,  m.  -e8,  ^e  (to,  an, 

ace.). 


VOCABULARY. 


grief,  Rummer,  m.  -«.          [marten. 
grind,  tnablen,  W.;    (p.p.  also  ge* 
grotto,  ©rotte,/.  -n. 
ground,  33oben,  m.  -§,  *. 
grow,  toadjjen,  S.,  f.;  (become)  roer* 

ben,  irr. 
gruffly,  ratify, 
guest,  ®aft,  m.  -eg,  *e. 
guide,  SBegroeifer,  m.  -«,  — . 
gulden,  ©nJben,  m.  -8,  — . 


H 


half,  adj.,  tjalb;  n.,  £cilfte,  /  -H; 

—  a  mile,  eine   balbe  UReile;   - 

naked,  balbnarft. 
hall,  ©aal,  m.  -e«,//.,  @a(e. 
ham,  @d)infen,  m.  -8,  — . 
hand,  £anb,/.  *e;  by  the  — ,  bet  ber 

£>anb;  give  the  — ,  bie  £anb  rei= 

d)en  (dat.pers.). 

hand-baggage,  §anbgepocf,  n.  -«. 
hand  mill,  §anbmiihle,/  -n. 
handsome,  id) on. 
hang,  intr.,  hangen,  S.;  tr.,  hangnt. 
happen,  gejd)eb,en,  S.,  f.  (only  used 

in  third pers,);  (befall)  begegneit,  f. 

(dat.). 

happily,  gliicfli^. 
happiness,  ®(itcf,  n.  -e$. 
happy,  gliicflicb,. 
hard,  (difficult)  fdjroer. 
hard-won,  jdjioer  gewonnen. 
hardly,  (scarcely)  faitm. 
hare,  §afe,  m.  -n,  -tt. 
harm,  @d)abett,  m.  -S,  *;    do  — , 

fdjaben;    do   (no)  —   to   any  one, 

etnem  (nid)t«)  cttt)a§  jit  ?etb  tb,uit,  S. 
harmony,  ^armonie',/.  -en. 
harvest,  Smte,/.  -n. 


haste,  §dft,/ 

hastily,  baftig,  eiltg. 

hat,  §itt,  »/.  -e«,  *e. 

hatred,  §ag,  w.  -e«  (for,  gegen). 

haughty,  ftolj. 

have,  Ijaben,  irr.;  (cf.  49,  n.  n)  be* 

fommen,  61.;    (with  inf.   or  part.) 

laffen,  S.   (with  act.  inf.);   —  to, 

tniiffen,  irr. 
he,  er;  —  who,  bet  (or  berjemge), 

ttjeldjev  (or  ber). 
head,  (generally)  $opf,  m.  -e§,  *tf 

(in   dignified   style,    as  90,   1.    17) 
n.  -e6,  ^er;  (of  troops,  etc.) 
iije,/  -n;  at  the  —  ,  an  ber  (bie) 


head-forester,  Oberforfter,  m.-§,  —  . 
heap,   §aufe(n),  m.  -«,  -n;   —  of 

stones,  ©teinbaufen. 
hear,  horen;  (cf.  27,  n.  2)  erfabren, 

S.,  »erneb,men,  5". 
heart,  §erj,  n.  -en«,  -en. 
hearth,  §erb,  m.  -eS,  -e. 
hearty,  berjlid). 
heat,  §ilje,/.;  —  of  summer,  @om= 

merbi^e. 

heaven,  §immel,  m.  -«,  —  . 
heavenly,  bintmlifd). 
heavy,  jd)«er. 
heed,  adjten;  pay  (no)  —  to,  (nid)t) 

adjten  attf  (ace.). 

height,  §obe,/.  -n;  (hill)  3lnbob,e. 
heir,  (Srbe,  m.  -n,  -n. 
helmet,  §elm,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
help,  v.,  belfen,  S.  (dat.);  n.,  £ilfe,/ 
helpless,  bilfloS. 
her,  pass.,  ibr. 
here,  bier;    (hither)  Ijierber;    (after 

noun),  fyteftg  (adj.);  the  climate  —  , 

bad  bieftge 


VOCABULARY. 


Herodotus,  Ajjcvobot'. 

herself,  (fte)  felbft;  reft.,  fid)  (felbft). 

hesitate,  fdjWanfen. 

Hessian,  §effe,  m.  -n,  -n. 

hew,  fjauen,  S. 

hide,  §aut/.  *e., 

hide,  tterbergen,  *y. 

hideous,  entfefcUd). 

high,  b,od),  aJ  attrib.  Ijof)  (comp.  fabler, 

•rw/<rr.  f)5d)ft);  —  up  on,  hod)  oben 

an  (dat.}. 

high-spirited,  tnunter. 
highly,  hod). 

highway,  (?anb)ftrafje,/  -n. 
hill,  23erg,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
hill-top,  iBerggtpfel,  m.  -8,  — . 
himself,  (er)  felbft;  reft.,  fid)  (felbft). 
hinder,  »erf)inbern. 
hire,  btngen,  S.,  engagieren. 
his,  fein. 
historical,  gefd)id)tUd);   (72,  1.  21) 

ttjeltgefd)id)tlid). 
history,  ©efdjidjte,/.  -n. 
hold,  tjalten,  S.;  —  back,  jiiriicM)al= 

ten;  lay  —  of,  faff  en. 
hole,  §oh,le,/.  -n. 
hollow,  b,ob,I. 
holy,  fyeilig. 
home,  n.,  §eimat,/  -en;  (dwelling) 

SBofymmg,/  -en;  adv.,  nad)  Jpaitfe, 

^eim;  at  — ,  gu  §aiife. 
honest,  eb,rUd). 

honestly,  auf  eiue  e^rtidje  SBeije. 
honor,  (Sh,re, /.  -n;   in  —of  him, 

ifjm  gu  Sb,ren;  word  of  — ,  (Sb,ren= 

ttjort,  n.  -8,  ^er  or  -e. 
hood,  Sappe,/.  -tu 
hope,  v.,  fyoffen;  «.,§offnmtg,/.  -en; 

I  hope  (cf.  57,  n.  9)  t)offentUd). 


Hop  o'  My   Thumb,    Saumling, 

m.  -?. 

horse,  ^ferb,  n.  -ee,  -e. 
horseback,  on  — ,  ju  ^Jferbe. 
horseman,  9teiter,  m.  -«,  — . 
hospitality,  ©aftfreunbfdjaft,/ 
host,  Sirt,  m.  -«,  -e. 
hot,  b,eife. 

hour,  @tunbe,/.  -n. 
house,  §au?,  «.  -e«,  ^er;  at  the  — , 

im  §cwfe. 
how,  iuie. 

however,  jebod),  bennod),  aber. 
howl,  tjciilen. 
humility,  2)emut,  /. 
humor,  ?aunc,  /.  -n. 
humorous,  (cf.  21,  n.  9)  b.eiter. 
hundred  (a),  b,iinbert. 
Hungary,  Ungarn,  n.  -«. 
hunger,  §unger,  m.  -S  ;  die  of  — , 

ttor  §ungev  fterben,  S.,  f. 
hungry,  b/ung(e)rig. 
hunt,  v.,  jagen;   n.,  Sagb, /.  -en; 

go  out  — ing,  auf  bie  3agb  gefjen, 

S.,  f.;  —  for,  fudjen. 
hunter,  3dger,  m.  -«,  — . 
hunting,  3agb,/.  -en. 
hunting-knife,   3agbtneffer,  n.  -8, 

hurl,  roerfen,  -5". 

hurly-burly    of    business,     ®e* 

fd)dft«tt)irrnjarr,  m.  -8. 
hurt,  etroaS  git  2eib  tbun,  S.  (dat.) 
hurry,  n.,  (grofce)  Site, /. ;  v.,  eilen, 

f.  or  b. ;  in  a  — ,  in  grower  Sile. 
husband,  3JJann,  m.  -e«,  ^er. 
husbandman,   I'aiibniamt,  m.   -e8, 

//.  Sanbleute  («?r  ^manner). 
hut,  §iitte,/  -n. 


VOCABULARY. 


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I 

I,  id}. 

ice,  (Sig,  n.  -e8;   running  of  the  — , 

giSgang,  m.  -8,  "e. 
if,  ttemt  ;    (whether)  ob  ;   —  neces- 
sary, roo  nb'tig;  as  — ,al8  ob  (wenn); 

even  — ,  toeim . . .  and), 
ill,  franf ;  —  at  ease,  unroob,!. 
image,  (Sbenbilb,  n.  -8,  -er. 
immediately,  fogleid);     (70,  1.  9) 

untmttelbar. 
impatient,  ungebulbig. 
impede,  Ijentmni. 
impenetrable,  unburd)bringHd). 
imperial,  faiferlid);    —  chancellor, 

9teid)8fangler,  m.  -8,  — . 
important,  roidjtig,  bebeutenb. 
impossible,  nnmoflltd). 
impregnable,  uneinnebmbar, 
imprisonment,  (Sinf  erf  erung,/.  -eit. 
improper,  unpaffenb. 
in,  prep.,  ill  (dat.  or  ace.);    in  —ing 

(cf.  90,  n.  6),    inbem   (with   subor. 

clause) ;  adv.,  ein,  berein,  binein. 
inasmuch  as,  ba. 
inclination,  9feigung,  /.  -en  (for, 

gegen). 

inclose,  ein^Ue^en,  S. 
increase,  oerme^ven. 
incursion,  SinfaU,  m.  -«,  "e. 
indeed,  freilicb.,  iu  ber  Xljat. 
indescribable,  unbejd)reiblit^. 
indispensable,  unentbebrlid). 
industriously,  flei{jig. 
infidel,  ber  llngttiubige  (adj. as  noun). 
influence,  Sinftug,  »i.  -ffe8,  "ffe. 
inform,  unterric^ten  (of,  Don);  (an= 
nounce)  metben. 


inhabit,  bett)ob,nen. 

inhabitant,  Stntuo^ner,  m.  -%,  — . 

inhuman,  inuncnjdjltrt). 

inn,  ©aftbof,  m.  -9,  ut. 

innocent,  unfd)ulbig. 

innumerable,  un}db.Ug. 

inquiry,  Stnfrage,  /  -n;  make  — , 
fid)  erfuubigen  (nad)). 

insignificant,  iiubebeittenb. 

inspect,  bejefjen,  S. 

instead  of,  anftatt  (gen.) ;  (with 
verb)  anftatt  git  (with  inf.). 

instruction,  Unterridjt,  m.  -8. 

insult,  beteibigen. 

insurrection,  9tufftanb,  m.  -8,  *f. 

intelligence,  ifunbe,/.;  at  the — , 
auf  bie  ^imbe. 

intend,  beabftd)tige»;  (65,1.22)  ge- 
benfen,  irr. 

intercourse,  2krfeb,r,  m.  -%. 

interdict,  5Bevbot,  n.  -8,  -e. 

interest,  n.,  3lnteil,  m.  -8,  -e  (in, 
an,  dat.) ;  v.t  inter ejfteren. 

interior,  inner;  as  noun,  ba8  — e. 

interstice,  gad),  n.  -e8,  "er. 

interval,  ^roifdjenjeit,  f.  _en. 

intervention,  S5ermittehmgr  /  -en. 

into,  in  (ace.). 

introduce,  ein»fiib,ren ;  (make  ac- 
quainted) oor=fteneit  (to,  dat.}. 

invitation,  Sinlabung,  /.  -en. 

invite,  ein4aben,  S.  (to,  gn). 

Irish,  irtanbifd). 

irreparable,  nuljdlLmv. 

it,  e«;  ber[elbe. 

Italian,  Stoltener,  m.  -8,  — . 

Italy,  3talten,  n.  -8. 

its,  ft- in. 

itself,  (e«)  felbfl;  reft.,  fid)  (felb|»). 


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jail,  ©efangni8,  «.~[fe8,-ffe;  into  —  , 

tn8  ©efangmS. 
Jane,  3o!)anna. 
Jesuit,  Seftiif  ,  m.  -en,  -en;  church 

of  the  —  s,  3efuttenfird)e,/.  -n. 
Johannisberg,  (cf.jo,  n.  10)  3ohan= 

nt8berg,  m.  -«. 
John,  3oh,aH'ne8,  3ohann. 
journey,    9M]"e,  /  -n  ;    (48,  1.   2) 

®ang,  m.  -e3,  *e;   —  back,  $M= 

reife;  on  my  —  ,  ouf  ber  9Mfe. 
Joy>    $;reube,  /.  -n;    with  —  ,  Dor 

^veube. 

July,  3uli,  m.  -8. 
jump,  tyring  en,  S.,  \.  or  h. 
just,  geredjt;  adv.,  gerabe;  (34,  1.  23) 

htr$;  —  as  (71,  1.  n),  ebenfo;   - 

(now),  (fo)eben. 


K 


keep,  batten,  S.  ;  (remain)  bleiben, 
S.,  f.;  —  from,  benjafyren  t>or  (dat.)  ; 
—  (on)  (cf.  38,  n.  52),  fort=fab,ren, 

•M. 

key,  ©d^luffet,  m.  -8,  —  . 
km,  toten;  (butcher)  fd)Iau^ten. 
kind,  frennblid),  giitig,  (to,  gegen). 
kind-hearted,  gnthevgig. 
kindly,  freunblicf). 
kindness,  @iite,  f. 
king,  $ontg,  m.  -8,  -e,  (of,  Don.) 
kingdom,  9tetd),  n.  -e«,  -e,  ^bnig= 
reidj;  —  of  heaven,  §tmme(reid). 
kiss,  n.,  jhtfj,  w/.-ffcS^ffe;  v.,  fitffen. 
knife,  aKeffev,  n.  -«,  —  . 
knight,  9tttter,  m.  -«,  —  . 
knock,  ffopfen  (at,  an,  ace.). 


knovr,  ttuffen,  irr.  ;  (be  acquainted 

with)  fennen,  irr. 
Kyffhauserberg, 


labor,  Arbeit,/,  -en. 

lack,  Mangel,  m.  -«,  "•  (of,  an,  dat.). 

lady,  5)ame,/-n. 

lake,  @ee,  m.  -«,  -it. 

land,  n.,  ?anb,  «.  -e«,  *er  or  -e;  z/., 
lanben,  intr.,  \. 

landowner,  ©utSbeft^er,  m.  -9,  — . 

language,  ©pracije,/.  -n. 

large,  grofe. 

last,  le^t;  at  — ,  enblid),  jute^t. 

last,  bauern. 

latch,  aitnle,/  -n. 

late,  jpa't;  —  in  the  evening,  cf.  30, 
n.  7  ;  of  — ,  in  letter  3eU. 

Latin,  lateinifd). 

latter,  the  — ,  btejer,  ber  lefctere. 

laugh,  v.,  ladjen;  n.,  ®ela'd)ter,  n. 
-«,— . 

law,  (SefetJ,  n.  -e«,  -e. 

lay,  leg  en;  —  down,  nieber=Iegen. 

lead,  fitbren. 

leader,  ^ub,rer,  m.  -8, — . 

leaf,  33tatt,  n.  -e8,  *er. 

league,  3Keile,/  -n. 

learn,  lernen;  (cf.  27,  n.  2),  erfafyren, 
S.;  —  of,  erfab,ren. 

least,  at  — ,  luenigftenS. 

leave,  v.,  tr.,  Kerlaffen,  S.;  (to  heirs) 
binterlaffen ;  (give  over  to  (uber= 
laffen;  intr.,  ab=geb,en,  S.,  \.,  ab= 
reijen,  f.;  (a  company)  ftd)  empfeb,- 
Jen,  S.;  n.,  (departure)  2lbfd)ieb,  m. 
-8,  -e. 

left,  «nl. 


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leg.  Setit,  n.  -e«,  -c. 

legation,  legation,/  -en. 

legend,  @age,/.  -n. 

legion,  Region',/,  -en. 

lend,  teihen,  S. 

less,  nmiiger. 

lessen,  intr.,  ftd)  werminbern. 

lest,  bag ...  nidjt. 

let,  laffen,  S. 

letter,  23rief,  *w.-e§,-e;  —  of  credit, 
$rebit'[d)ein,;w.-«,-e;  —  of  friend- 
ship, freunbfd)aftlid)er  23rief. 

liberty,  greihett,/.  -en. 

lie,  ticgen,  S.,  f.  or\).\  —down,  ftd) 
(nieber=)legen. 

life,  ?eben,  n.  -8,  — ;  his  —  long, 
jeit(eben§,  join  Sfeben  tang. 

lift,  heben,  S.;  —  up,  auf-heben. 

light,  n.,  ?id)t,  n.  -c8,  -er;  adj.,  l)ell. 

light-armed,  leid)t  bcltwffnet. 

like,  adj.,  gfeid)  (dat.);  adv.,  uric. 

like,  gevn  (or  Ueb)  baben,  irr. ;  gent 
effen,  6".  (freffen,  S.) ;  I  should  — , 
id)  mod)tc  gern;  he  liked  best  to 
place,  cr  ftellte  am  tiebften. 

lilac-tree,  .'poUnubevbaunt,  m.  -«,  ^e. 

lily-of-the-valley,  2JJaibIumc,/  -n. 

line,  ?i'ute,  /.  -  n. 

lion,  ?bn)e,  m.  -n,  -n. 

list  price,  £abenprei§,  m.  -c?,  -e 
(=  shop  price). 

listen  (to),  gu=boren  (dat.),  horo^en 
(dat.  pers.,  or  ailf,  ace.). 

literary,  Utterarijcf). 

literature,  Sitterotur',  /.  -en. 

little,  adj ,  flein;  adv.,  ftenig;  a—, 
ein  roemg. 

live,  tebeu;  (dwell)  toohucn. 


liveliness,  ?ebbaftigfeit,  / 

lively,  lebbaft. 

Lizzie,  Vif^cfjnt. 

load,  laben,  S.;  (48, 1.  8)  belaben. 

lock,  Derfdjttefien,  ^". 

lonely,  einfam. 

long,  adj.,  Jang  (comp.  longer,  super. 
la'ngfl) ;  adv.,  lange ;  —  ago,  »or 
^eiten;  —  since,  fdjon  Inngft;  so 

—  as,  jo  lange ;    all  day  — ,  ben 
gangen  Sag  (f)inburci)) ;    no  — er, 
nidjt  meb,r;  a  week  — er,  nod)  cine 
2Bod)e. 

look,  feben,  S.;   (appear)  au8=jeb,en; 

—  at,  an^eheit;  —  around  (about), 
fid)  um*jehen;  — for.fudjen;  — for- 
ward to,  erroorten;   —  upon,  an* 
fehen. 

loose,  to?. 

lord,  £>err,  m.  -n,  -en;  (title)  ?orb, 

m.  -8,  -8;  the  Lord,  ber  §err. 
Lorraine,  ?otf)ringen,  n.  -?. 
lose,  DerUeren,  S. ;  get  lost  ( —  one's 

way),  ftd)  wevlaufen,  S. 
loud,  laut;  out  — ,  laut. 
Louis,  i'nbtmg. 
lounge,  faitleujen. 
love,  n.,  Siebe,  /;  v.,  Heben;  fall  in 

—  (with),  ftd)  tievUebeu  (in,  ace.). 
loving,  (in  letters,  cf.  57,  n.  5)  Hebenb. 
lovely,  licblid). 
Low-German,  ntebevbeutfd). 
lovrer  Egypt,  Untevtifltypten,  n.  -9. 
luck,  ®Iiirf,  n.  -c« ;  good  — ,  ®Iud. 
luckily,  gum  ©lucte,  gtildUdjerroetfe. 
lucky,  g(udlid). 

lump,  ^(umpen,  m.  -S,  — . 
luxury,  i' 


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VOCABULARY. 


M 

M.,  contr.,  2ftarf,/  -en  (cf.  64,  n.  10). 

mad,  roiitenb,  toll. 

magic,  Dauber,  m.-%;  —  boot,  3cm= 

berftiefel,  m.  -8,  — ;  —  word,  3cm« 

berroort,  n.  -8,  *er  or  -e. 
magnificent,  Ijrrdid). 
mail, 'Mt,/ -en;  by—  ,mit  ber^oft. 
majesty,  aftajeftat',/  -en. 
make,  niadjeu  (cf.  48,  n.  62) ;  (bid) 

fyeifjen,  S. ;  (cause)  laffen,  6".;  — 

inquiry,   treaty,  etc.,   see   inquiry, 

treaty,  etc. 
man,  3Jtann,  m.  -e8,  *er;  —  of  the 

world,  SBeltmann. 
mantle,  SUiontcI,  m.  -8,  *. 
many,  uiele;  —  a,  mandjer. 
March,  3Karj,  m.  -e8,  -e. 
march,  «.,  2Jiarfd),  *«.  -e8,  -"e;  z»., 

ntarfdjteven. 

mark,  3e^elt'  n-  ~s/  — • 
marquis,  ©raf,  m.  -en, --en  (of,  toon). 
marry,  Ijeiroten;    be  married,   fid) 

toerfyeiraten,  fid)  »ermah,Ien. 
Martin,  2Rarttn;  St.  — 's  day,  2Kar= 

tinStag,  m.  -8;    St.   — 's  summer, 

2ftartin8fommer,  m.  -8. 
Mary,  SWarie',/.  -i'eit8. 
mason,  SDJaurer,  m.  -8,  — . 
masquerade,  2Jte8ferabe,  /.  -n. 
mass,  §oilfe(n),  m.  -8,  — . 
master,  §crr,  w.  -n,  -en. 
matter,  @adje,  /.  -n. 
May,  2Jtat,  w.  -e8,  -e  <?r  -en. 
may,    mogen,    «'rr. ;      (permission) 

biirfen,  irr. 

meadow,  SEieje,  /.  -n. 
means,  2Rtttel,  n.  -8,  — ;   by  that 

— ,  boburd). 


meantime,  inbeffen,  tnjnjifd)en. 
meanwhile,  inbeffen,  in^ruifd)en. 
medicine,  SJiebijin',  /  -e». 
mediocre,  mittelma^ig. 
meet,  begegnen,  j.  (dat.) ;  go  (out/  to 
— ,  entgegen=geben,  S.,  f.  (dat.). 
meeting,  3ujcimmenfein,  «.  -8. 
melt,  fdjmeljen,^.,-  (heart)  erroeidjen. 
memorial,  ®enfmal,  n.  -e8,  ^er  or  e. 
mention,  enualjnen. 
merchant,  $aitfmcnm,  m.  -8,  //., 

If auf (eute  (or  ^manner) . 
merely,  nur. 
merry,  Inflig. 
Messrs.,  §erren,  m.pl. 
midnight,    3Kittevnad)t,  /.  *e;    at 

(towards)  — ,  um  (gegen)  2J?ttter» 

nadjt. 

midst,  SWitte,/. 
might,  2Jiad)t,  /.  *e. 
mile,  2Retle,  /  -n. 
mill,  2«uhte,  /  -n. 
miller,  SUiuEer,  m.  -8,  — . 
millet,  §irfe,/. 
million,  2JMUion',  /.  -en. 
mind,  @etft,  m.  -e8,  -er;    make  up 

one's  — ,  fid)  entfdjliefjcn,  6". 
mine,  ber  9Jieine,  ber  2fteinige;   in 

pred.  also,  meill. 
mineral,  SMnerot',  «.  -8,  -ien;   — 

kingdom,  2JJineratreid),  «•  -6,  -e. 
ministry,  2ftiiiifte'rtum,  «.  -8,  //. 

-rien. 

mire,  ^ot,  m.  -e8. 
mischief,  Unveil,  «.  -8. 
miserable,  tirmlidj. 
miserly,  geijig. 
misfortune,  Ungliirf,  n.  -8. 
miss,  ^raulein,  «.  -8,  — . 
mistake,  §ebter,  m.  -6.  — . 


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mistress,  £crrtn,  /.  -nen. 
moment,  SlugenbUrf,  m.  -8,  -e. 
monarch,  SDionard)',  m.  -en,  -en. 
money,  ©db,  n.  -e8,  -er. 
monster,  Ungeb,euer,  n.  -8,  — . 
month,  2JZonat,  m.  -8,  -e. 
moon,  2Jf  onb,  m.  -e8,  -e  or  -en. 
moonlight,  2JionbUd)t,  n.  -8. 
moonshine,  SJfonbfdjein,  m.  -8. 
more,  mebr  (indec.} ;    (cf.  40,  n.  21) 

nod);  no  — ,  0<#'.,  fein . . .  mehr;  no 

(not   any)   — ,   adv.,  ntd)t   Welter; 

once  — ,  nod)  einnmt,  nrieber. 
morning,  2JJorgen,  m.  -8,  — ;    this 

(yesterday)  — ,  heute  (geflern)  friih. 
morocco,  2ftaroquin',  m.  -8;   half 

— ,  §alb maroquin. 
most,  meift;  —  of,  bie  tnetften. 
mostly,  meiften8. 
mother,  SKutter,  /.  *. 
motion,  SBerocgnng,  /.  -en. 
mountain,  SBerg,  m.  -e8,  -e. 
mournful,  traurig. 
mouse,  2ftau8,  /.  *e. 
mouse-tower,  9Jiau8turm,  m.  -8,^6. 
mouth,  2Jhtnb,  m.  -e8,  -e;  (of  sack, 

etc.)  £>ffmutg,  /.  -en. 
move,  beriihren;  —  on,  tteiter=get)en, 

&,!. 

movr,  ab-md^cn. 

Mr.,  §err,  m.  -n. 

Mrs.,  ^ran,  /. 

much,  adj.,  Diet;  adv.,  jehr;  very  — , 

adv.,  fefjr  toiel. 
multitude,  3D?enge,  /  -n. 
Munich,  2Mud)en,  n.  -8. 
murder,  n.,  2Jiorb,  m.  -8,  -e;  v.,  er» 

morben. 

murderer,  SUtbrber,  m.  -8,  — . 
music,  3Huft!',  /. 


music-store,  2Ruftf^anblung,/. -en. 
musket,   S'intc;   /•  ~nt    —  shot, 

^tintcnid)u§,  m.  -e8,  "e. 
must,  muffen,  irr. 
my,  nietn. 
myself,  (id))  felbfi;  refl.,  dat.,  mtr 

(felbfl),  ace.,  mid)  (jelbft). 

N 

naked,  narf't. 

name,  9f?ame(u),  m.  -n8,  -n. 

named,  9?amen8  (cf.  49,  n.  2),  ge= 

nannt. 

narrow^,  eng. 

native,  ber  (Singeborne  (adj.  as  noun). 
nature,  9tatur.',  /.  -en. 
near,  nabe;   (89, 1.  24)  nabe  bet;  — 

by  (71, 1.  ii ),  boneben. 
nearly,  faft. 

necessarily,  notmenbig. 
necessary,  nbtig;  if — ,  wo  n'dtig. 
neck,  §al8,  m.  -e8,  ^e. 
need,  braiidjen,  bebitrfen,  irr.  (gen.); 

have  —  of,  notig  b,aben. 
negotiate,  tierfyanbeln. 
neighborhood,  9?db,e,  /. 
neither . . .  nor,  tt)eber . . .  nod). 
nephew,  9?effe,  m.  -n,  -n. 
nest,  9tefl,  n.  -e8,  -er. 
never,  nie,  ntemal8. 
nevertheless,  bennod),  bod). 
new,  ueu. 

news,  Wadjridjt,  /.  -en. 
next,  ndd)fl;  in  time  phrases  often, 

anbcr. 

nice,  Ijiibfd);  (70, 1. 1)  nett. 
nicely,  hiibjd). 

Niederwald,  vj}ieberroalb,  m.  -%. 
night,  9?ad)t,/  "e;  —  air,  Wadjtluft, 


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/.  *e;  — 's  rest,  97ad)truhe,  /.;  one 

— ,  in  einer  9?ad)t;    on  the  — ,  in 

ber  ftad)t. 

night-cap,  ©d)tafmiij3e,  /.  -n. 
nightshade,  £otlfirfd)e,  /•  -n. 
Nile,  9W,  m.  -«. 
nine,  neun. 
ninety,  neunjig. 
ninth,  neunt. 
no,  adj.,  fein;  adv.,  nein;  —  one, 

f  einer,  niemanb,  -S;  —  longer,  nicht 

mefjr;  no  ...  at  all,  gar  fein. 
nobody,  niemanb,  -8,  !einer. 
nobility,  2lbet,  m.  -«. 
noble,  <z^'.,ebet;  n.,  ber  (Sb(e)Ie  (adj. 

as  noun). 

nobleman,  ber  (Sb(e)Ie  (adj. as  noun). 
noise,  £arm,  m.  -eg. 
nor,  nod). 

north,  iftorben,  m.  -«. 
north-wind,  Worbrtrinb,  m.  -«,  -e. 
not,  nid)t;  —  a,  fein;  —  at  all,  gnr 

nid)t;  —  till,  erft. 
note,  nterfen,  notieren. 
noteworthy,  merfiniirbtg. 
nothing,  nid)t«;  —  but,  nid)t«  al«; 

for  — ,  umfonft. 
notice,  bemerfen. 
noticeable,  bemerfbar. 
nourish,  evnafyren. 
November,  9Jobember,  m.  -%,  — . 
now,  jefct,  nun;    (cf.  31,  n.  7)  nun 

aber;  —  and  then,  hie  unb  ba;  — 

that,  je£t,  ba;  just  — ,  eben. 
number,  n.,  gab,!,  /--en;  v.,  gahfen; 

—  of  the  house,   §an«nummer, 
/-n. 

numberless,  gablto§. 
nut, 


o 

oak,  gtd)e,  /.  -n. 

oak-tree,  gidjbaum,  m.  -8,  *e. 

oath,  gib,  m.  -e8,  -e,  @d)ttntr,  m. 

obey,  gebordjen  ((/a/.). 
obligation,  be  under  — ,  toerpfttdjtet 

fein. 

obstruct,  toerfperren. 
occasion,  ©elegenfyeit,  f.  -en;    on 

this  — ,  bet  biefer  ©etegenhcit. 
occupation,  53efd)aftigung,  /  -en. 
occupy,  euunehmen,  S. 
occupied,  (busy)  befdjafttgt. 
occur,  ttoofommen,  S.,  f.,  ftd)  eretg- 

nen;  (come  to  mind)  ein-.fallen,  S., 

f.  (dat.). 

occurrence,  gieigni8,  n.  -ffe8,  -ffe. 
ocean,  2Jieer,  «. -e8,-e;  German  — , 

ftorbf  ee,  /. 
October,  Oftober,  m.  -«,  — . 
ode,  Dbe,  /.  -n. 
odor,  ©erud),  ///.  -e8,  ^e. 
of,   Won  (dat.) ;    (material)  Don,    ail8 

(dat.) ;  (origin)  Don. 
off,  meg,  baoon;  (reduction)  9?abatt' 

(m.  -8)  toon;  far — ,  weit  entfernt. 
offer,  n.,  Intrag,  m.  -8,  ^e;  v.,  an* 

bieten,  S. 

officer,  Cfftjier7,  m.  -8,  -e. 
official,  ber  S3eomte  (adj.  as  noun) ; 

court  — ,  £>ofbeamte. 
often,  oft. 
ogre,    2JJenfd)enfreffer,   m.   -8,   — , 

Oger,  m.  -8,  — 
ogress,    2Jienfd)enfrefferin,  /  -nen, 

Ogreffe,/.  -n. 

old,  alt  (comp.,  alter,  super.,  a'(tefl). 
omnipotence,  Mmadjt,/. 


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on,  prep.,  an  (dat,  or  ace.} ',  (upon) 
aitf  (dat.  or  ace.} ;  adv.,  tueiter,  fort. 

once,  einmaf,  einft;  —  more,  nod) 
einmat,  toieber;  at  — ,  jog(eid); 
there  was  — ,  e§  roar  einmaf. 

one,  ein;  pron.,  einer;  indef.,  man; 

-  of,  einer  (gen.  or  r>on);   — 's, 
fein;  — 'sown,ber  etgene;  — 's  self, 
fid);    any  — ,  irgenb  einer;   every 

-,  jebermann, -§;  no  — ,  nientanb, 
-8;  some  — ,  Jentanb,  -S;  the  — , 
ber  cine. 

only,  adj.,  einjig;  adv.,  nur. 

open,  offen;  (field,  etc.)  frei;  v.,  tr., 
offnen,  auf=mad)en;  *«/r.,ftd)  bffnen; 
in  the  —  air,  im  greien. 

openly,  offen. 

opinion,  SKeinung, '/.  -en  (of,  toon). 

opportunity,  ©elegenheit,  /.  -en. 

or,  ober. 

orange,  Orange,/  -n,  2fyfelftne,/-n. 

oratorio,  Orato'rium,  n.  -§,  -rien. 

order,  v.,  befeblen,  S.  (dat.) ;  (pur- 
chases) beftetten;  n.,  23efebf,  m.  -«, 
-e;  93eftellung, /-en;  Drbnung,/ 
-en;  in  —  that,  bamit;  in  —  to, 
um  . . .  ju. 

organ,  Crgel,  /  -n;  -  -  playing, 
Orgelfpiel,  n.  -8. 

ornament,  @d)tnucf ,  m.  -e§,  -e. 

orphan,  2Bai)"e,/  -n;  m.,  -n,  -n. 

other,  anDer;  each  — ,  einanber,  ftd). 

otherwise,  anberS;  (77, 1.  21)  fonft. 

ought,  fatten,  irr. 

our,  unfer.  [(felbft). 

ourselves,  (ttiir)  felbft;    refl.,  un« 

out,  cuts,  f)inau$,  b,erau«;  —  at,  311 
\dat.)  . . .  t)inau«;  —  of,  au«  (dat.) ; 

-  from   behind,   fainter  (dat.)... 
l)ert»or;  —  there,  ba  braufjen. 


out-doors,  braugen;  b,inau«. 

outside,  Bor  (dat.  or  ace.). 

over,  prep.,  fiber  (dat.  or  ace.);  adv., 

btniiber;  —  yonder,  ba  briiben. 
overcome,   itberttwltigen,  itberroin^ 

ben,  S. 

overflow,  iiberjd)tt)emmung,  /  -en. 
overjoyed,  entgiicft  (at,  iiber,  ate.). 
overwhelm,  iiberttJdltigen. 
own,  v.,  beft^en,  S. ;  adj.,  etgen ; 

one's  — ,  ber  eigene. 
owner,  (Sigentiinter,  m.  -«,  — . 


package,  ^adet',  n.  -«,  -e. 
painful,  fdjmerjlidj. 
painfully,  fdjmerjtid). 
pair,  ^aar,  n.  -e«,  -e. 
palace,  ^atojV,  m.  -«,  *e. 
palm-tree,  ^almbaum,  m.  -«,  *e. 
paper,  papier7,  n.  -%,  -e. 
parental  house,  SSaterbauS,  n.  -e8, 

•"er. 

parents,  Sltem,  //. 
park,  ^arf,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
parlor,  @alon',  m.  -«,  -S. 
parsley,  ^Seterft'Ue,  / 
part,  Seil,  m.  -e«,  -e;   take  —  in, 

tetUnehtnen  (S.)  an  (dot.). 
partake  of,  tetl  =  nehmen   (S.)    an 

(dat.) ;  (food)  geniefjcn,  s. 
parting,  2lbfd)ieb,  m.  -S,  -e. 
party,  ^artet7, /  -en;  royal  — ,  @e* 

fotge,  n.  -8,  — . 
pass,  intr.,  reifen,  f.,  gehen,  S.,  f., 

fommen,  S.,  f. ;    (time)  Bergehen, 

werfttefjen,  S.,  f.;  —  away,  uergetjen; 

—  by,  »orbei=gefaen;  —  over  (85, 

1.  23),  iibrvgehen. 


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passage,  £>itrd)gang,  m.  -8,*e;  (go- 
ing over)  Ubergaiig,  m.  -8,  *e. 

past,  adj.,  toergangen;  (18, 1.  i)  Dor= 
iiber;  «.,  SSergangentjeit, /. 

path,  ^fab,  m,  -e8,  -e,  SSeg,  m.  -e8, 
-e. 

pathless,  uiuucgfam. 

patient,  patient',  m.  -en,  -en. 

patiently,  gebulbig. 

peace,  SRuhe,  /.;  keep  the  — ,  SRuhe 
balten,  S. 

peasant,  SBauer,  m,  -8,  -n. 

pebble,  $iefetftein,  m.  -8,  -e. 

peep  of  day,  SageSanbrud),  w.  -8. 

penny,  pfennig,  »/.  -8,  -e. 

people,  Seute,  //.,  2)fenfd)en,  pi.; 
(nation)  SSolf,  n.  -e8,  *er. 

per  cent,  $ro$ent,  »z.  -8,  -e. 

perfectly,  fcollfommen. 

perform,  madjen,  Derridjten. 

perhaps,  totelleidjt. 

perish,  iim=fommen,  S.,  f. 

permission,  @rloubni«,  / 

permit,  evlcmben  (dat.pers.). 

person,  ^erfon',/. -en;  ?eitte,//. 

personal,  perfonlid). 

pest,  ^Jeft,  /  -en. 

Pharaoh,  ^pfyarao,  //.,  s^fa,araonen. 

photograph,  ^fyotograpfjie',  /.  -en. 

piano,  Plainer,  n.  -8,  -e. 

pick,  pfliirfcn. 

picture,  53tlb,  n.  -e8,  -er. 

piece,  @tii(f,  n.  -e8,  -e ;  to  — s,  see 
cut,  tear,  etc. 

pine,  «.,  giidjte,  /  -n;  adj.,  fid)ten. 

pistol,  ^Jiftote,  /.  -n. 

pitch  (tent,  etc.),  oitf^djlagen,  S. 

pity,  bebauern. 

place,  «.,  ^Ia^,  w.-eS^e;  (locality) 
Ort,  »/. -e8,  -c  or^tt;  v.,  fteflen; 


(lay)  legen;  (set)  fefcen;   take  — , 

ftotNfiitben,  S. 
plain,  (Sbene, /-n. 
plan,  ^Ston,  m.  -e«,  -e  ^r"e;   lay  a 

— ,  einen  ^JJlan  entroerfen,  S. 
play,  fpielen;   —  through,  git  (gnbe 

fpielen. 

player,  ©pieler,  w.  -8,  — . 
pleasant,  angenehtn. 
pleasant-looking,  freunblid). 
pleasantly,  (cf.  27, 1.  10)  freunblid). 
please,  gef alien,  S.  (dat.) ;  —  (cf.  63, 

n.  3),  bttte;    be  — d  (at,  with),  fid) 

freuen  (liber,  ace.) ;    when  he  — s, 

njenn  e8  ibm  geffiUt. 
pleasure,  SJergnugen,  «.-8,  greube, 

/.  -n;    give  — ,   greube  madjen; 

take  —  in,  gveube  baben  an  (dat.). 
plebeian,  plcbeifd). 
pliant,  gefdjmeibig. 
pluck,  pfliicten. 
plump,  fett. 
pocket,  £afd)e,  /  -n. 
poem,  ®ebid)t,  n.  -8,  -e. 
poet,  Xid)ter,  m.  -8,  — . 
point,  «.,  ^Junlt,  m.  -e8,  -e ;    (end) 

©pifce,  /•  -n ;  v.,  beuten  (to,  auf, 

ace.) ;  northern  — ,  9?orbtyi£e,/.-n; 

be  on  the  —  of,  im  Segriffe  fein, 

irr.,  eben  ttjollen,  irr. 
poisonous,  giftig. 
Poland,  s^olen,  n.  -8. 
Pole,  ^5ote,  m.  -n,  -n. 
Polish,  polnifd). 
politely,  bbflid). 

politics,  ^olitif,  /.  [artnfL 

poor,  arm   (comp.,  firmer,  super., 
poplar,  ^Jappel,  /  -n;  —  leaf,  $ap» 

pelblatt,  n.  -8,  'er. 
pork,  ©djroeineffeifdj,  n.  -e«. 


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position,  (SteUung,/.  -en;  (82,  1.3) 

©tefle,  /.  -n. 
possession,  take  —  of,   in  33eft^5 

nebmen,  S.;  (military)  befefeen. 
possible,  mbglid). 
postage,  $orto,  «.  -8,  — . 
poverty,  Strmut,  /. 
power,  2ftod)t,  /.  ^e. 
powerful,  mcidjtig,  genmtttg. 
pray,  beten. 
prefer,  »or=gieben,  S. 
preparation,  SBorbereitung,  /.  -en ; 

make  — s,  SBorberettungen  treffen,S. 
prepare,  »or=beretten. 
presence,  in  the  —  of,  Dor  (dat.). 
present,  antwefenb,  jugegen  (only  in 

pred.) ;   (96,  1.  20)  fyeutig ;    for  the 

— ,  tiodaufig;  up  to  the — ,  fci8je^t; 
present,  ©efdjent,  «.  -8,  -e. 
press,  brMen. 
pressing,  (urgent)  brtngenb. 
presupposition,  5Borau8fefeitng,  /• 

-en;  on  the  — ,  in  ber  3Sorau8je^ung. 
pretext,   33orrodnb,  m.  -8,  *e;    on 

the  — ,  itnter  bent  5Borrcanb. 
pretty,  biibjd). 
prevail,  berrfdjen;    (93,  1.  15)  ttor= 

berrfdjen;  (81,  1. 13)  buvd)=bvtngen, 
prevent,  tterbinbern.  [S.,  f. 

previous,  toorbergebenb. 
price,  ^5rci8,  m.  -e8,  -e. 
prince,  ^Srtnj,  m.  -en,  -en ;  (90, 1. 26, 

Sel.  42)  giirft,  /w.-en,-en  (of.tjon). 
princess,  s^ringefftn,  /.  -nen. 
prison,  ©efcingni8,  «.  -ffe8,  -ffe. 
prisoner,  ber  ©efangene   (part,  as 

noun). 
privy,  geb,etnt;    --  councillor,   ®e= 

betmrat,  m.  -8,  "e ;  —  councillor  of 

legation,  @ebeimer  ?egation8rat. 


probably,  ruabrf^einlic^,  roohl. 
procure,  aiufdjaffen. 
product,  ^vitd)t,  /.  *e. 
professor,    ^rofef'for,    m.   -S,  //., 

-o'ren. 

progress,  gortfd^ritt,  m.  -§,  -e. 
promise,  ^..berfpred^en,  S.;  «.,  93er- 

fpvedjen,  n.  -«. 
property,  ©liter,  n.  pi. 
proprietor,  (Sigentumer.,  m.  -«,  — . 
prosperity,  ilBoblflanb,  m.  -«. 
prostrate,  nteber=rt)ei-fen,  S. 
protect,   fcbiiljen,  jcfjtrmen,  (from, 

gegen.) 

protection,  @d)u£,  m.  -e«. 
provide,  forgen  (for,  ftir). 
provisions,  SebenSmtttel,  n.pl. 
prudence,  a>orftc^t, /. 
pull,  jieljen,  S.;  —  off,  ob=jieb,en. 
Punic,  punifd). 
purpose,  2(bftd)t, /.  -en;   (83,  1.  i) 

3Sorb,oben,  n.  -8;  with  the  — ,  in 

ber  2tb|id)t. 
pursue,  toerfolgen;    (71,  1.  i)  nad)= 

jagen,f.  (dat.). 

puss,  (Sel.  23)  $ater,  m.  -8,  — . 
puss-in-boots,  ber  gefttefette  jfater, 

m.  -8. 
put,  ftellen :  (lay)  legen ;  (into  a  sack, 

etc.)  ftecfen ;  —  off,  »erfd)ieben,  S.; 

—  on,  (clothing)  an=jteben,  S.,  (hat, 

etc.)  ouHe^en;  —  up,  (at  a  hotel), 

ob=fkigen,  S.,  f.  (at,  in). 


quarrel,  janfen. 

quarter,    SBtertfl,   n.  -8,  — ;    — s, 

Ouortter',  n.  -8,  -e ;  —  of  an  hour, 

$tertelftimbe,  /.  -n. 


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question,    5rciSc;  /•  ~n? 

grageit  ftetlen. 
quickly,  raft!),  fdjnett. 
quiet,  ruljtg,  [till. 
quite,  ganj. 
quiver,  $od)er,  m.  -8,  — . 


rabbit,  $antnd)en,  «.  -8,  — . 
rabbit-burrow,  $anind)enb,ugel, »/. 

-*,—  • 

rabid,  niiitenb. 
race,  SSettlauf,  /«.  -8,  *e. 
rage,  mitten,  toben. 
rain,  SRegen,  m.  -8,  — . 
rain-storm,  SRegenfturm,  m.  -?,^e. 
rainy  day,  SRegentag,  m.  -8,  -e ;  — 

season,  SRegenjeit,/.  -en. 
rank,  9tang,  /«.  -e8,  *e. 
rap,  flop  fen  an  (ace.}. 
rarely,  fetten. 
rat,  gtotte,  /.  -n. 
rather,  Heber. 
raven,  5Rabe,  m.  -n,  -n. 
raw,  raul). 
reach,  erreti^en. 
read,  lefen,  S.  (of,  toon) ;    —  aloud, 

bor=lefen  (dat.  j>ers.). 
ready,  bereit. 
real,  mab,r. 

really,  unrflid) ;  (67,1.  i)  eigentltd). 
reap,  ft^netben,  S. 
reaper,  @(!)nitter,  »/.  -8,  — . 
receipt,  Sntpfcntg,  m.  -8. 
receive,  erfyalten,  S.,  empfangen,  S.; 

(guests)  emjjfaitgen. 
recite,  I)er=fagen. 
recognize,  eifennen,  irr. 


reconnaissance,  9iecogno8cierung, 

yi-en;  on  a — ,  cmf  9tecogno3cievung. 
recouquest,  2Bicbererobevung,/.-en. 
recover,  intr.,  fti^  er^olen  (from, 

toon). 

recruit,  Slefnit',  »/.  -en,  -en. 
red,  rot.  [-«. 

Red  Riding-hood,  9Jotfap£d)en, ;/ 
refer,  fid)  begieljen,  S.  (to,  auf,  ace.}. 
refresh,  erquidtcn. 
refuse,  ab^fdjlogen,^.;  (96, 1. 13)  ber» 

fagen. 

regard,  betradjten. 
regiment,  Stegiment',  «.  -8,  er. 
region,  ©egenb,  f.  -en. 
regret,  bebauevn. 
regularly,  regelmci^ig. 
rejoice,  fid)  fveuen. 
relative,   ber  33ertoanbte  (part,  as 

noun}. 

relax,  erfdjlaffen. 
remain,  bletben,  S.,  f.;    (in  letters) 

(toer)btetben. 

remainder,  9teft,  m.  -e8,  -e. 
remark,  bemerfen. 
remember,  gebenfen,  irr.  (gen.,  or 

an,  ace.} ;  —  to,  empfetjten  (S.)  an 

(ace.). 

remind,  ertnnern  an  (ace.}. 
removal,  2tufb,ebung,  / 
remove,  entfevnen ;  (84, 1.  22}  tjeben, 

S. 

rend,  gerveiften,  S. 
renew,  erneuern. 
repair,  au8>beffent. 
repeat,  n.neberb,olen. 
repel,  guvucf^Deifen,  S. 
reply,  n.,  2tnttt)ort,  /.  -en;    v.,  er= 

Wtebevn,  antroorten. 
representation,  ®avftellung,/.  -en. 


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request,  «.,  SBitte,  /.  -it;   v.,  bitten, 

S.  (einen  um  etroaS). 
rescue,  vetten. 

residence,  2Bot)njtt3,  »/.  -e8,  -e. 
resistance,  SBibevftanb,  m.  -S ;  offer 

— ,  SBiberftanb  leiften. 
resolution,  ©ntjdjiufe,  m.  -ffe8,  "ffe; 

make  a  — ,  einen  Sntfdjlujj  faffen. 
resound,  erfdjallen,  S.,  \. 
respect,  v.,  etjren;  «.,  SBevebnmg,/; 

(87, 1. 3)  §inftd)t,/.  -en;  pay  one's 

— s,  feine  Sdtftoartung  mad)en  (dat.). 
respectfully  (in  letters,  cf.  59,  n.  20, 

63,  n.  6). 

rest,  «.,  9?ub,e,  /. ;  z/.,  raften,  an3= 
vuben;  night's  — ,  9{ad)tmbe. 

rest  (remainder),  9teft,  m.  -e§,  -e ; 
the  — ,  ba8  ilbrige,  ba8  Slnbere,  bie 
Ubvigen;  the  —  of,  bie  iibrigen. 

retirement,  @ttEe,  f. 

retreat,  ftci)  juviicf=gieb,en,  S. 

return,  v.,  jnriidf=geben,  S.;  (come 
back)  juriirf'fe^ven,  f.;  «.,  9iiicf Eoh,r, 
/  -en. 

revenge,  Siac^e,  /. 

reverend,  efjrroiirbig ;  Rev.  Mr., 
§err  ^Paf'tor,  (m.  -%,pl.  to'ren. 

reward,  beloljnen. 

Rhine,  SRIjetn,  ;«.  -§. 

rich,  reid). 

richly,  veidjUc^. 

ride,  veiten,  S.,  f.  0r  h,. ;    (in  a  con- 
veyance) faljven,  S.,  f.  0r  ^. ;   - 
after,  nad)=reiten  (dat.). 

rifle,  S3iid)fe,  /.  -n. 

right,  adj.,  ved)t;  «.,  9ted)t,  «.-e«,-e; 
be  —  (adj.),  red)t  (noun)  h,aben. 

rip  open,  aitf=fd)tteiben,  ^". 

ripe,  retf. 

rise,   ftetgen,  S.,   f.  f>-  h.;    (person) 


aitf»fteb,en,  ^.,  f. ;    (sun)  cmf>gehen, 

J.,f. 

risk,  ID  a  gen. 

river,  ftlufj,  »/.  -ffe«,  *ffe. 

road,  @tva§e,/-n,  SSeg,  »t.-e8,-e; 

make  — s,  SBege  babnen. 
roadside,  by  the  — ,  am  SBege. 
roar,  briillen. 

robin-redbreast,  9totfeb,td)en,  «.-8, — . 
rock,  55et8,  m.  -en,  -en. 
Roman,  «.,  joiner,  m.  -«,  — ;  adj., 

romifd). 

Rome,  9tom,  «.  -8. 
roof,  ®ad),  «.  -e«,  *er. 
room,  3immer,  «.  -«,  — . 
rough,  rant). 

row-boat,  SRubevboot,  n.  -8,  -e. 
royal,  lonigUd). 
ruby,  Stitbtn', ;«.  -6,  -e. 
ruffian,  9taubev,  ;w.  -8,  — . 
ruin,  SJitine,/  -n;  — s  of  the  castle, 

S3urgruinen. 
.rule,  9teget,  /.  -n ;   as  a  — ,  in  ber 

SReget. 
run,  lauf en,  S.,  \.  or\;  —  on  before, 

»oran4aufen  (dat.) ;  —  up,  b,er»or» 

lanfen. 

running  of  the  ice,  (SiSgang,  w.-8. 
rural,  Idnbttd). 
rush,  SBinfe,  /  -n;  —  chair,  2Hnfen= 

ftnbl,  m.  -«,  ^e. 
rush,  ttieg=fpi-ingen,  S.,  f. 
Russian,  vuiftirt). 
rustling,  @ejd)tt)ivr,  n.  -e«. 


sack, 
sacred,  beiltg. 
sacrifice,  opfern. 


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aad,  tranrig  (over,  fiber,  ace.}, 

safe,  ftdjer. 

safety,  @id)erhett,  /;  in  —  (84,  1. 

24),  glMUd). 

sage,  ber  SBeije  (adj.  as  noun). 
Saguntum,  ©agunt',  «.  -9. 
sail,  «.,  @eget,  ».  -?,  — ;    v.  intr., 

fegetn,  f.  or  h. 
salary,  ©chalt,  »/.  -«,  -e. 
salt,  n.,  @atg,  «.  -eS,  -e;  «^'.,  falgtg. 
same,  felb  ;  the  — ,  bei'jelbe ;  at  the 

—  time,  git  gleidjer  3ett,  gngleid). 
sapphire,  @apb,u-/,  m.  -$,  -e. 
Saracen,  ©arncene, ;//.  -u,  -it. 
satisfactory,  befriebigenb,  geuiigeub. 
satisfied,  gufrieben. 
Saturday,  ©omtabenb,  ;«.  -§,  -e. 
sauerkraut,  ©auerfraut,  n.  -«. 
save,  ^.,  retten;  prep.,  ot«. 
saviour,  better,  »/.  -8,  — . 
say,  fag  en. 
scarcely,  faitm ;    scarcely  . . .  when, 

faiint . . .  fo  (or  ol«). 
scene,  @cene,  /  -it ;   at  this  — ,  bei 

biefer  @cene. 

school-children,  ©djuljugenb,  /. 
scream,  fc^veten,  S. 
sea,  SJieev,  n.  -e§,  -e;    at  — ,   tut 

SJJeeve ;  by  the  — ,  am  SJJceve. 
search  (for),  judjeit. 
season,  3dt,/-en;  3abve«jett;  rainy 

— ,  Siegeitjett. 
seat,  je^en;  be  — ed,  fi^eii,  S.;  take 

a  — ,  S4>lat3  nebmen,  S. 
second,  gtueit. 
second-hand,  atttiquarifd). 
see,  feheit,  S.  (by,  on,  dat.). 
seek  (for),  fud)en. 
seem,  fdjeineit,  S. 
seize,  evgveifen,  S. 


sell,  toevfaufen. 
senate,  ©enat',  m.  -9,  -e. 
senator,  ©ena'tov,  m.  -en,  -tor'en. 
send,  jenben,  irr.,  fdjicfcit. 
separate,  tr.,  tvenneit;    intr.,  fid) 

tvennen. 

September,  ©eptembev,  m.  -«,  — . 
serious,  ernft. 
servant,  ®iener,  m.  -«,  — . 
serve,  bieiten  (dat.). 
servitude,  $ned)tfd)aft,  /. 
set,  je^en ;    (with  jewels)    befe^en ; 

—  up,  aufsvidjten ;  —  out,  ab=gchen, 

S.,  j.,  ab-retfen,  f. ;  ab'gieben,  S.,  f., 

(for,  nad).) 
settled,  ftdjev. 
seven,  fteben. 
seven-league  boot,  ©iebenmetten* 

fttefel,  m.  -?,  — . 
seventeen,  ftcbjebn. 
seventeenth,  ftebgehnt. 
seventh,  ftebent. 
seventy,  [tebjtg. 
several,  tnehreve. 
severe,  ftreitg. 
shado-w,  @d)dtten,  m.  -g,  — . 
shake,  tr,,  fdjittteln;    intr.,  jittern 

(with,  tiov). 
shall,  follen,  irr.;    (future)  luerbeu, 

irr. 

share,  teiten. 
she,  fte. 

shelter,  ^erberge,  /.  -n. 
shepherd,  @d)(ifcv,  m.  -§,  — . 
shield,  ©d)itb,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
shine,  fdjetnen,  S. 
ship,  @d)tff,  n.  -e8,  -e;  take  — ,  ftc^ 

ein=fd)iffen. 

shoe,  ©cfjul),  m,  -eS,  -e. 
shoot,  fd)iefjen,  S. 


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shore,  lifer,  «.  -8,  — ;  the  other  — , 
ba8  jenjeitige  (aubere)  lifer. 

short,  f ui'v 

shortly,  Iitrg;  —  before,  tuq  gutter. 

shot,  @d)iif5,  m.  -fje8,  "ffe. 

shoulder,  @d)ittter,  /.  -it. 

show,  jeigett;  (kindness,  etc.)  er= 
jetgeit. 

shower,  ©djaiier,  m.  -8,  — . 

shrewd,  Hug. 

shutter,  Sabett,  m.  -9,  —  or  *. 

shyly,  fd)iid)tent. 

Sicily,  ©iji'Ucu, ».  -8. 

sickness,  $rcntfl)eit,  /.  -en. 

side,  ©cite,/. -it;  by  his  — ,  tbm  jjur 
@eite,  neben  ifynt;  by  the  —  of,  an 
(dat.),  ncben  (dat.) ;  on  the  other 
—  (river,  etc.),  jcnjeit8  (gen.). 

sight,  Stnblicf,  m.  -?,  -e;  catch  — 
of,  erbltcfen;  go  (be)  out  of  — , 
tterjd)tt>inben,  S.,  j. 

silent,  jrf)UHMf|]iim. 

silver,  ©ilber,  n.  -%. 

similar,  fibnlid)  (dat.). 

simple,  einfad). 

since,  prep.,  felt  (dat.)\  conj.,\t\t* 
bent;  (inasmuch  as)  bn;  adv.,  feit= 
bent;  •—  then,  jettbem;  long  — , 
jdjon  Icingjl. 

sincerely,  aufrid)ttg;  yours  — ,  3br 
aufrid)tigrr. 

sing,  fmgrn,  S. 

single,  einjtg. 

singly,  einjettt. 

sink,  intr.,  finfctt,  S.,  \. 

sir,  §cvr,  m.  -n,  -en. 

sister,  @d)rtieftev,  /.  -it. 

sit,  ft^en,  S.  ;  —  down,  ftd)  (niebcr=) 
je^cit. 

sitting,  (meeting)  ©Hjltng,  /  -Clt. 


six,  jed)«. 

sixteen,  fed)jebtt. 

sixteenth,  jedjgebnt. 

sixty,  jed)gtg. 

skating,  @d)Httfdjub(aufeit,  n.  -«. 

sketch,  @ftjje,  /.  -n. 

skiff,  $abn,  m.  -e8,  *e. 

sky,  §tmntel,  m.  -«,  — . 

slap,  ffopfeu. 

slave,  @flat)e,  m.  -it,  -it. 

sleep,  n.,  @d)taf,  w.-e«;  v.,  jdjtafen, 

S. 

sleepy,  fd)(afrig. 
sleet,  @d)lofjen, /.//. 
slope,  2lbbang,  m.  -8,  "e. 
slowly,  laitgiam. 
small,  f(ein;  (84, 1. 12)  gertng. 
smell,  riedjen,  S. 
smoke,  vaitrfini. 
snore,  fdjuardjen. 
snow,  @d)itee,  m.  -8. 
so,  fo;   (therefore)  alfo,  itnb  jo;    (in 

pred.,  etc.,  cf.  33,  n.  34)  e8,  bo8; 

—  long  as,  jo  tattge;  —  that,  bctntit, 

(jo)  bag. 
sob,  jd)(ud)jen. 
so-called,  jogettonnt. 
social,  gefcHtg. 
society,  ©ejclljd)aft,/-en;  (68, 1. 9) 

Umgang,  m.  -8. 

soft,  njetd);  (gentle)  janft;  (low)Ieije. 
softly,  Icije. 

soil,  SBobcn,  m.  -8,  —  or  *. 
soldier,  @olbaf,  »/.  -en,  -ett. 
solitary,  etttjam. 

solitude,  (cf.  83,  n.  5)  ©olitube,  /. 
some,  sing.,  etnja8;  //.,  etnige;  —  one, 

jcuioitb;  (for)  —  time,  eine3eittang. 
something,  rtmai?. 
somewhat,  etu>a8. 


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VOCABULARY. 


son,  ©obit,  m.  -e8,  *e. 
sonata,  ©onate, /.  -\\. 
son-in-law,  ©djunegerfohn,  m.  -8,*e. 
soon,  balb;  —  after,  balb  baranf;  as 

—  as,  fobalb. 
sooner,  eber;    no  sooner  .  .  .  than, 

!<mm  ...  jo. 
sorrow,  Xranev,  / 
sorry,  traitdg;  I  am  — ,  e8  ift  (thut) 

mir  leib. 

sort,  ©ovte,/  -n;  all  — s  of,  attevtei. 
soul,  ©eele,  /.  -n. 
sound,  tonen. 
soup,  ©uppe,  /.  -u. 
sour,  faiter. 
south,  n.,  ©iiben,  m.  -8;   (66, 1.  10) 

titblid). 

south-western,  fiibroeftttd). 
sow,  faen. 

Spain,  ©pairien,  n.  -8. 
spare,  fdjonen. 

sparrow,  ©pevling,  m.  -8,  -e. 
speak,  fpredjen,  S. 
spend,  (time)  gu=brtngen,  irr. 
spin,  jphtnen,  S. 
spirit,  ©eift,  m.  -e§,  -er. 
spite,  :n  —  of,  imgeadjtet  (gen.). 
splashing,  ^latfcfjeru,  n.  -9. 
splendid,  prac^ttg,  Ijerrlid). 
splendidly,  pracfytig. 
splendor,  ©lanj,  m.  -e8. 
spoil,  S3cute,  /. 
spongy,  locfev. 
spoon,  Soffel,  m.  -8,  — . 
spot,  ©telle,  /.  -n;   open  — ,  freie 

@teUe. 

spread,  intr.,  ftd)  berbrettcn. 
spring,  v.,  fpringeit,  S.,  f.;  n.,  gnib^ 

ling,  m.  -6,  -e. 
spur,  @povn,  tn,  -e§,  -rn  (or -tor 


©poren);  win  his  —s,  feme@poren 

werbieneit. 
square,  ©etiierte,  n.  -8,  — ;  ten  feet 

— ,  »on  gehn  gug  ©etoierte. 
stab,  bitrdjbobren. 
stagger,  ftraud^eln,  \.  or  b. 
staircase,  ©tiege,  /.  -n. 
stand,  fteben,  S. 
star,  ©tent,  m.  -e8,  -e. 
start  off  ( —  on  one's  way),  ftdj  ouf 

b:n  SBeg  ntaci)en. 
starve,  berbungevn;  —  to  death,  Dot 

Hunger  ftevbcn,  S.,  |. 
state,  ©tnat,  m.  -e8,  -en;    in  — , 

feftlitf). 

stately,  ftattlii^. 
station,  ©tation,  f.  -en;    (railway) 

$8ab,nhof,  m.  -8,^. 
stay,  v.,  bleiben,  S.,  f.;  n.,  Slttfent' 

bait,  m.  -8,  -e. 
steal,  fteb,Ien,  S. 
steamer,  35ampffcb,iff,  n.  -8,  -e;  by 

— ,  nttt  bem  2)ampfjd)iff;  take  — , 

baS  ®ampf|(^iff  befleigen,  S. 
steer,  fteuern. 
step,  ©d^vitt,  m.  -e8,  -e;  v.,  tveten 

f,f. 
Stephen,  ©tepban;  church  of  St. — 

@tcpban8fird)e,  /. 
step-son,  ©tieffohn,  m.  -8,  *e. 
stern,  [treug. 
stiff,  fteif. 

still,  adv.,  nod);  conj.,  bod). 
still,  ftiU. 

stillness,  ©title,  /. 
stone,  n.t  ©tein,  m.  -e8,  -e;   adj< 

fteinem. 
stop,  fteheit  bleiben,  S.,  f.,  balten,  S.; 

(horse,  etc.)  an=baltcn;    (cease,  cf. 

38,  n.  55),  aitfsboven. 


VOCABULARY. 


storm,  «.,  ©turnt,  »/.  -e8,  *e;    v., 

crju'irtnen. 

story,  ©efd)td)te,  /.  -it. 
straight(way),  ftradfg. 
strange,  fretnb;  (peculiar)  jeltjam. 
strangely,  feltfant. 
stranger,  ber  ^rembe  (adj.  as  noun). 
straw,  @trof),  ».-e8;  —  roof,  (Stroh,* 

barf),  ».  -8,  *er. 

strawberry,  (Srbbeere,  /.  -n. 
stream,  n.,  @trom,  m.  -e«,  *e;  P., 

ftrb'mcn,  f.  <?r  I). 
street,  ©trafee,  /  -n;    Turner  —  , 

jTurnerflrafje. 
stretch,  ftrccfen. 
strict,  ftveng. 
stride,  v.,  fdjmteu,  S.,\.;  n.,  ©djritt, 

m.  -e8,  -e. 
strike,  fdjtagen,  S. 
string,  ©djnur,  /.  -"e. 
strip  off,  ab=ftreifen. 
stroke,  ©rfjtafl,  m.  -c«,  "e. 
strong,  ftarf  (comp.,  ftavfer,  super., 

ftarfft). 

stronghold,  geftung,  /.  -en. 
struggle,  ».,  ^ampf,  m.-t%f  ae;  v., 

fampfen,  vingeu,  S.;  —  for  liberty, 


stupid,  bnmm. 
Suabian,  jdjrcfibifdj. 
subdue,  intterroerfcn,  S. 
succeed,  gelingm,  S.,  j.  (used  only 

in  third  pers.);  I  —  ,  e8  gelingt  mil'. 
success,  ©titcf,  ».  -e«,  Srfolg,  m. 

-8,  -e;  meet  with  —  ,  ©Hid*  Ijaben. 
successful,  erfo(greirf),  gliicfttrf). 
succession,  in  —  ,  narf)  einanber. 
succumb,  cvliegen,  S.,  j. 
such,  jotdj;    —  a,  eiu  jotdjev,  fold) 

ein;  —  big,  jo  gvofje. 


sucking-pig,  ©panferfet,  n.  -8,  — . 
suddenly,  plo^lirf). 
suggestion,  (Sinfliifterung,  /.  -en. 
suit,  M.,  Sluing,  m.  -8,  *c;    v.,   (68, 

1.  23)  mol)t  th,un,  S.  (dat.). 
sully,  bcftecfen. 
sultan,  ©ultau,  m.  -8,  -e. 
sum,  ©umme, /-n. 
summer,  @ommer,  m.  -g,  _;    - 

clothes,  ©ommerfleiber, «.//.;  — 

morning,  @ommermovgen,  >w.  -«, 

— ;  —  time,  @ommerjeit,  / 
sun,  ©onne,  f.  -n. 
sunset,  ©omtenuntergang,  m.  -8,  "e. 
superfluous,  iiberfliiffig. 
supper,  2tbenbcffen,  n.  -8. 
supply,  n.,  $orrat,  m.  -8,  ^e  (of,  an, 

dat.) ;  z/.,  »erfovgen. 
suppose,  tiermuteu. 
sure,  ftdjer;  to  be  — ,  jjiuar. 
surely,  gercig. 
surface,  2Bafiei-fIa'rf)e,  /.  -n. 
surrender,  ftd)  crgeben,  S. 
surround,  itmgeben,  S.  (by,  mit). 
survive,  iibcrleben. 
suspect,  aljnen. 
sustain,  evb,alten,  S. 
swamp,  @umpf,  m.  -e8,  'e. 
swear,  fdjrooren,  S. 
sweet,  fiig;  (sounds,  etc.)  tiebltd). 
swell,  tr.,  jdjiuellen. 
Switzerland,  ©d)roetj,/. 
sword,  @d)Wert,  ».  -e8,  -er;   fall 

upon  one's  — ,  in  fein  ©djtoert  fa(* 

ten,  S.,  f. 

sympathizing,  tetlnefymcnb. 
symphony,  ©t)inpf)onte',  /.  -en. 
Syracuse,  <2>t)ra!n8,  n.  (gen.,  be8 

-)• 
system,  ©tjftem',  n.  -8,  -e. 


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table,  Sifd),  m.  -c«,  -e. 

tablecloth,  £tfcl)tiicb,  «.  -8,  *er. 

take,  nehmen,  S.;  (bring)  bringen, 
irr.',  (carry)  trageit,  S.;  (lead)  fill)* 
rat;  —  along  with,  miUnehmen; 
—  off,  (clothing)  ab'Iegen,  (boots) 
auS'jiehen,  S.;  —  place,  ftatt=finben, 
S.;  —  up,  (arrest)  feftotehmen;  — 
ship,  a  walk,  etc.,  see  ship,  walk,  etc. 

talk,  fprecfjett,  S.,  reben,  (of,  about, 
Don.) 

Tartar,  turtarifd). 

task,  @acbe,  /  -n. 

teach,  Icljrcn. 

teacher,  Sehvcr,  m.  -8,  —  . 

tear,  £f)rfine,  /.  -it. 

tear,  reifteit,  S.;  —  to  pieces,  jer= 
reifcen,  (96,1.28)  gerfteifdE)en;  —up, 
(ground,  etc.)  auf=retJ3en. 

tearful,  feudjt,  thrfinentioll. 

tedious,  langnmlig. 

tediousness,  £angett)eile,  /. 

tell,  fagcn;  (command)  befchfcn,  S. 
(dat.),  hcitsen,  S.;  (relate)  erjafjfeit 
(about,  toon). 

temperate,  nicijjig. 

ten,  jehn. 

tenderness,  3fh'tttd)feit,  ^ 

tenfold,  jchnfac^. 

tent,  3dt,  n.  -e«,  -e. 

thaler,  X&aler,  m.  -9,  —  . 

than,  al$. 

thank,  v.,  banfeu  (dat.)  ;  n.,  —  s, 
S)anf,  m.  -e«;  send  —  s  to,  banfen 
laffen,  S.;  with  —  s,  banfenb,  tnit 


that,  rel.,  ber,  welcftev;  demons.,  ber, 
btefer,  (cf.  35,  n.  15)  jener;  conj. 


bog;  —  which,  ba«,  nja«;  all  — , 
otteS,  tt)a«;  in  order  — ,  bam  it; 
now  — ,  je£t,  ba;  so  — ,  bamit,  (fo) 
bag. 

the,  ber;  the  ...  the,  je . . .  befto. 

Thebes,  Shebeu,  n.  -9. 

their,  ibr. 

themselves,  (fte)  felbft;  reft~>  flc^ 
(fetbft). 

then,  baitu;  the  idea  of  time  not 
being  prominent,  often  ba  (25, 1.12 
etc.);  (therefore)  beun;  now  and 
— ,  hie  imb  ba;  since  — ,  jettbem. 

there,  bort,  ba;  (expl.  subj.)  e€;  out 
— ,  ba  braujjeit. 

therefore,  batjev,  bavum,  beSbatb. 

thereupon,  baraitf. 

they,  fte,  btefelben;  fade/.,  man. 

thick,  bid;  (dense)  btd)t. 

thief,  S)teb,  m.  -eS,  -e. 

thing,  2)tng,  n.  -e8,  -e  or  -er;  (ob- 
ject) ©adje,/  -n. 

think,  beufen,  irr.  (of,  an,  ace.)', 
(believe)  gfanbeu,  metncn;  (con- 
sider) bebenlcn. 

third,  brttt. 

thirteen,  breigebn. 

thirteenth,  bvet$ebnt. 

thirtieth,  bretfetgp. 

thirty,  brelfjig. 

this,  biefcr;  — evening,  beitte&benb; 
before  — ,  jt^oit  friiher. 

thither,  bortbtn. 

though,  obgteic^. 

thousand,  taufenb. 

threat,  ®robuug,  /  -etu 

threaten,  bebroben. 

three,  bvet. 

throat,  .Spat*,  m.  -c8,  "e;  cut  one's 
throat,  einem  ben  $at«  ab»fct)netben, 
S. 


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133 


throne,  £b,ron,  m,  -e«,  -e  or  -en. 

through,  bitrd)  (ace.}. 

throw,  nierfen,  S.  (at,  nad));  — 
away,  rt)eg*tt)erfen. 

thus,  fo. 

till,  bi8;  not  — ,  erjl. 

time,  3ett,  /  -en;  (repetition)  mal; 
all  the  — ,  Me  flange  £til  (fyinburrf)), 
roahrenb  ber  gaitjen  3pi*i  at  that 
— ,  ju  ber  3fit'  (formerly)  batnalS; 
at  the  same  — ,  jit  gteid)er  £eit, 
jitgteid);  at  this  — ,  jit  ber  (biefer) 
3eit;  (for)  a  long  — ,  tange;  (for) 
some  — ,  elite  ,3dttang;  in  the 
— s»  Jitr  3eit'  *n  ben  3eit?n;  up 
to  that  — ,  bi«  babiit ;  a  third  — , 
jinn  brittentnaf;  for  the  first  — , 
jum  erftenmat;  the  first  — ,  ba« 
erftemat;  many—  s,  tiielmals,  oft. 

tiny,  ttrinjig. 

tired,  milbe,  ermiibet. 

tiresome,  langnmlig. 

title,  £itet,  m.  -8,  — ;  with  the  — , 
unter  bem  Jitet. 

to,  Jit  (dat.),  nad)  (dat.),  ait  (dat.  or 
ace.) ;  (into)  tit  (ace.) ;  (country) 
nad);  (inf.)  jit,  nm . . .  jit ;  (person) 
jit;  (town)  nad);  in  order  — ,  nm 
. . .  jn;  five  —  ten,  fitnf  bis  jefyn. 

to-day,  fjeitte;  — 's,  of  — ,  heitttg. 

together,  jn|ammen;  —  with,  faint 
(dat.). 

tolerably,  jiemlid). 

to-morrow,  morgeit ;  day  after  — , 
flbermorgen. 

tone,  Xon,  m.  -e«,  *e. 

tongue,  ©prodje,/.  -n. 

too,  jit ;  (also)  and). 

tooth,  3of)"/  m'  -«*/  "e- 

tortoise,  ®d)tlbfvote,/.  -n. 


total,  gefamt. 

touch,  beritbren. 

towards,  nad)  (dat.),  nad) . . .  gu ; 

(hours  of  day)  gegen  (ace.). 
town,  @tabt,  /  ^e. 
trace,  (Spur,  /.  -en. 
train,  v.,  jiebrn,  S.;  (educate)  bilben 

(for,  jn) ;  «.,  3ug,  m.  -e«,  ae. 
tranquillity,  SRulje,  /. 
travel,  retfen,  f.  or  Ij. 
traveler,    ber    Steifettbe    (part,   as 

noun}. 

traverse,  juviidVlegen. 
tread,  treteu,  S.,  f. 
treasure,  @dja^,  m.  -e8,  ^e. 
treat,  bebanbetn. 
treaty,  ^Bertrag,  m.  -9>,  ^e;  make  a 

— ,  eincn  SSertrag  fdjUef^eit,  S. 
tree,  33annt,  m.  -e$,  "e. 
trial,  SJerfudj,   m.  -e8,   -e,   ^Jrobe, 

/.  -n. 

trickery,  Sitde,/.  -en. 
trifle,  Xanbelei,  /.  -en. 
trio,  Xrio,  n.  -S,  -8. 
trip,  (Heine)  9tetfe,/.  -n;  take  a  — , 

etne  (Heine)  9teife  madjen. 
triumph,  ftegen. 
troops,  Sritppen,/  //. 
trot,  trabeit. 
trouble,  «.,  aJinb,e,  /.  -it;   v.,  bc« 

lafltgen. 
true,  luabv. 
truly,  yours  — ,  3b,r  ergebener  (cf. 

also  63,  n.  6). 
trunk,  Ifoffer,  m.  -8,  — . 
trust,  trauen  (dat.) ;  —  in,  ftd)  tter* 

laffen  (S.)  auf  (ace.). 
truth,  SBaijrfjeit,  /.  -en. 
try,  Devfudjeit. 
Tuileries,  Iiiilerte'eit,//. 


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VOCABULARY. 


Turk,  Xiivfe,  m.  -n,  -n. 

turn,  tr.,  breben ;  intr.,  fid)  inenben, 
.S1.  (also  W.);  (become)  jncvben, 
/>;-.;  (78,  1.  15)  umstttenbeu;  — 
away,  tr.,  gimtdMueifeit,  .S.;  — 
back,  /«/;-.,  guvud^febren,  f. ;  -in  his 
— ,  fetnerfeits. 

twelfth,  gttiblft. 

twelve,  sluolf. 

twentieth,  gttmngigft. 

twenty,  jtnanjig. 

twig,  3tt>eig,  m-  -*§t  -?• 

twist,  fledjten,  S. 

twitter,  gtt)itfd)ern. 

two,  greet ;  the  — ,  bte  betben,  bie 
grcci. 


unacquainted     (with),     untiinbtg 

(^«.)- 

uncertain,  unftd)er. 
uncle,  Oufel,  m.  -8,  — ,  Dljetm,  m. 

-%,  -e. 
under,  prep.,  miter  (</«£  <?r  ac^r.); 

«^.,  uutev,  herunter,  ^inunter. 
under-forester,     Unterforfter,    m. 

-8,—. 

understand,  tocrftcheii,  6". 
undertake,  ituternehmen,  S. 
undertaking,  llntcrnehmung,/.  -en. 
undeserved,  itnoevbient. 
undivided,  ungeteilt. 
unfortunately,  teiber. 
unheeded,  unbead)tet. 
uninvited,  unetngelaben. 
unlimited,  itnumjdjvduft. 
unnoticed,  mib enierft. 
unpacked,  uuetnsicparft. 
unpleasant,  unangcnchm. 


unprinted,  iingcbrudft. 

unrewarded,  unbelohnt. 

unspeakable,  imjagtid). 

until,  bis. 

unto,  nil  (ace.). 

untouched,  miberiifyrt. 

unvaried,  einformig. 

unwashed,  itngetuafdjen. 

unwelcome,  unmiUfommeii. 

up,  auf,  herauf,  binauf;  (cf.  30,  n.  3) 
in  bie  §ob,e;  —  to  (cf.  29,  n.  21),  git 
. .  .  I)in  (heran) ;  —  to  that  time, 
bi§  bahin;  —  to  the  present,  bi8 

Jefct 

upon,  auf  (dat.  or  ace.). 

urging,  3)va'ngen,  n.  -S. 

use,  «.,  ©ebraud),  m.  -9,  ^e;  v.,  tr., 
gebvaud)en;  tntr.,  pftegen;  they — d 
to  work,  fte  Vftegten  git  arbeiten,  or 
fie  arbeiteten. 

useful,  nfi^Iid),  braud)bar. 

useiesi*..  »?}iijlog,  itnbrandjbar. 

utter,  aufjer;:. 


vacation,  ^e'rten,  //. 

vain,  eitet  (of,  cmf,  ace.)  ;  in  —  ,  »er» 


valley,  "Jhat,  n.  -e8,  ^?r. 
van-guard,  5Bovi;ur.  f. 
vassal,  $ued)t,  m.  -e«,  -e. 
vegetable,  ^flange,  /.-n;  —  king- 

dom, ^Pflaugenreid),  «.  -8,  -e. 
verdure,  ©riin,  «.  -e§. 
very,  fehr;  this  —  ,  berfelbe. 
vexed,  tterbviefelid). 
vicinity,  5fta'h,e,/. 
victor,  ©iegev,  m.  -8,  —  . 
victory,  @ieg,  m.  -e§,  -e. 


VOCABULARY. 


135 


Vienna,  SBien,  «.  -8. 

view,  2lnfid)t,  /.  -en. 

village,  2)orf,  n.  -e«,  "er. 

violent,  fjeftig. 

violently,  Ijeftig. 

violet,  3Mtd)en,  n.  -8,  —  . 

violin,  SBioline,  /  -it. 

virtue,  £ugenb,  /  -en;    by  —  of, 

toermbge  (gen.). 
visible,  ftd)tbar. 
visit,  n.,  33cfud),  /«.  -8,  -e;  v.,  be* 

judjen. 

visitor,  33ejud)er,  m.  -8,  —  . 
Vistula,  SBeidjfef,  /. 
vizier,  SScjjier',  m.  -8,  -e;  grand  —  , 


voice,  ©timrne,  /.  -n. 
volume,  23anb,  m.  -e8,  "e;   Vol., 
S3b.;  Vote.,  33be. 

W 

wait,  marten  (for,  auf,  ace.}. 
•wake,  tr.,  roecfcn,  erroerfen  ;   intr., 

roadjen,  emwdjen;  —  up,  erroecfeu, 

ertt>ad)cu. 
walk,  z/.,  gef)en,  6".,  j.;  (for  pleasure) 

fpajieren  geh^en;    n.,  ©pajiergaug, 

m.  -9>,  "e;   —  up  and  down,  auf» 

itnb  abgeb,en;  take  a  —  ,  foaflieren 

geb,en. 
wall,  n.,  5Kauer,  /  -it,  (86,  1.  7) 

2BaQ,  »z.  -e8,^e;  v.,  —  up,  ber= 

maucrn. 
walnut-tree,  SBattuupanin,  m.  -8, 

«e. 

wander,  wanbeni,  f.  ^r  b,. 
want,  iwimfdjcn;  —  to,  roollen,  irr. 
war,  ^cieg,  w.  -c«,  -c;   declare  - 

against,  ben  $rieg  erflfiren  (</«/.). 


warm,  itmrm  (<r<7»//.,tDarmer, 

luavntft). 
•wrarmly,  toarm. 
warrior,  ^rieger,  /«.  -8,  — . 
Warsaw,  SSarfdjait,  n.  -8. 
wash,  v.,  njufdjen,  ^".; 
watch,   SBac^e,  /.  -n  ;     command 

the  — ,  bte  SBarfje  b,aben. 
water,  SBaffer,  n.  -8,  — . 
wave,  roeljen. 
way,   SBeg,  m.   -e8,  -e;     (manner) 

SBeife,  /.  -n;  — back,  SRiicfroeg;  a 

little  — ,  ein  @tucf  2Bege8;  in  the 

same  — ,  anf  biejelbe  SBeife;  lose 

one's  — ,  ftd)  tiertanfen,  S.;  start  on 

one's  — ,  ftcf)  auf  ben  SBeg  tnadjen. 
we,  loir. 
wealth,  9teid)tum,  m.  -8,  aer  (often 

in  pi.). 

weapon,  SBaffe,  /.  -n. 
wear,  tragen,  S. 
weather,  SBettev,  n.  -8,  — ;  in  bad 

— ,  bei  fd)Ied)tem  SBetter. 
weave,  roeben. 
wedding,  £od)jcit,  /  -en. 
wedding-dinner,  §ocf)gett8mabl,«. 

-?,  -e  or  -"er. 
wedding-festivities,  §od)jeit8feft, 

«.  -8,  -e. 
week,  SBodje, /.  -n;  every  two  — s, 

afle  Diei-jehit  Xage. 
weep,  roeinen. 
welcome,  adj.,  mtEfommen;  v.,  be« 

grufeen,  beiutUfommen. 
well,  SBrunnen,  m.  -8,  — . 
well,  adj.,  tt)ohl;  (67, 1.  6)  gut;  adv., 

gut;   cxdam.,  nun;    as  —  as,  fo 

roobt  at8,  rote  and). 
well-built,  luohlgeroadjfen. 
Weser,  2Bef er,  /. 


136 


VOCABULARY. 


west,  28eften,  m.  -«. 

what,  adj.,  loelrfjer;  pron.,  Uw«; 
(that  which)  nxt8;  ba«,  WaS;  —  (a), 
was  fiir  (ein),  toeld)  (ein). 

•wheat,  SBeijjen,  m.  -?. 

when  (cf.  26,  n.  4),  al«,  ttamt,  roemt. 

whenever,  luenn. 

where,  roo;  (whence)  tooher;  (whi- 
ther) irjobin. 

wherever,  loohin  . . .  (nuv). 

whether,  ob. 

which,  weldjer,  ber;  that  — ,  bog, 
ttw8. 

while  (cf.  52,0.62),  ttwhrenb,  inbem; 
for  a  — ,  cine  geittang. 

white,  roeijj. 

whither,  ioobin. 

who,  rel.,  ttjetdjer,  ber;  inter.,  toer. 

whoever,  roer  . . .  and). 

whole,  gang. 

why,  ttiarum;  (of  surprise)  ei. 

wicked,  bbfe. 

wide,  tteit. 

wife,  §rau,  f.  -en. 

wild,  roitb. 

will,  v.,  roollen,  irr.;  (future)  roer* 
ben,  irr.;  n.,  SBiHe(n),  m.  -nS, 
-n;  against  one's  — ,  tmber.  feinen 
Bitten. 

•William,  2Bilbetm,  m. 

willow,  SBeibe,/.  -n;  —  twig,  2Bei= 
benjiueig,  m.  -8,  -e. 

win,  gettnnnen,  S.,  ernjerben,  S. 

wind,  SBinb,  m.  -e«,  -e. 

window,  genfler,  n.  -«,  — . 

wine,  SBein,  m.  -e8. 

wing,  O^uflri/  m.  -«,  — . 

winter,  n.,  SBinter,  m.  -«,  — ;  v., 
iiberrointern;  —  day,  SBintertag, 
m.  -9,  -e. 


winter-quarters,  SBtnterquartiere, 
//.  /  put  into  — ,  in  28tnterquar» 
tiere  legen;  take  (up)  — ,  SBinter* 
quartiere  bejie^eu,  S. 

wise,  roei[c. 

wish,  n.,  SBitnfcf),  m.  -e«,  •"e;  v., 
h)flnfd)en;  —  for,  fid)  (dat.)  njfln- 
fd^en;  —  to,  nwnfdjen  git,  JooIIen, 

irr. 
with,  mit  (dat.) ;  (at  the  house  of, 

etc.)  bei  (dat,). 
•without,  obne  (ace.) ;  —  —ing,  ofjne 

git  (with  inf.}. 

witness,  (70,  1.  25)  erleben. 
wolf,  2Bolf,  m.  -c«,  *e. 
woman,  grait,  /  -en,  2Betb,  n.  -e8, 

-er. 

wonder,  fid)  iDimbern. 
wonderful,  ttjunberbar. 
wood,  §ot$,  n.  -e«,  -e  or  *er;  (forest) 

3BaIb,  m.  -e«,  *er;  — s,  SSoIb. 
wooden,  bolgern. 
woody,  roalbig. 
word,    SBort,    «.  -eS;  //.    (single 

words)  SBortev;  (connected  words) 

SBorte;    at  these  — s,    bei    biefen 

SBorten. 
work,  n.,  Strbeit,  /.  -en;    (books) 

SBerf,  n.  -e8,  -e;  v.,  ovbeiten. 
world,  SBclt,  /.  -en. 
worse,  fd)fed)ter;  (50,1.2)  jdjlimmer; 

grow  — ,  jtdj  tierfdjliinmern. 
worth,  inert. 
wound,  oernmiiben. 
wring,  ring  en,  S. 
write,  fdjrevben,  S.  (to,  dat.;  or  on, 

ace.). 

writer,  ©djrtftjMer,  m.  -«,  — . 
writing-desk,  ©djretbttfd),  m.  -e«, 

-e. 


VOCABULARY. 


137 


year,  3al)r, ».  -e«,  -e ;  for  — s,  3af)re 

long. 
yesterday,  gefiern;  —  and  the  day 

before,  ber  Dor>  unb  geftrige  Sag ; 

day  before  — ,  borgefknt. 
yet,  adv.,  noii);  conj.,  beitnod),  bod); 

as  — ,  bi«  ic^t;  not  — ,  nod)  nidjt. 
yonder,  bort;  over  — ,  ba  britben. 
you  (cf.  25,  n.  2,   35,  n.  12,   57,0.4) 

bu.  ii)r,  @te;  /«</<?/.,  man. 


young,  jitng  (comp.,  jiinger,  supern 

jiingft). 
your    (cf.  57,  n.  4),    bcin,     euer, 

3^r. 
yours,  ber  beinige  (3f)rige,  enrige); 

(in  letters)  ®etn,  3t)t,  Suer. 
yourself  (selves),    (bu,    ifyv,    @ie) 

felbft;  refi.,  bir,  bid);  eud);  ftd). 
youth,  3iingltng,  m.  -«,  -e. 
youthful,  jugenb(id). 


APPENDIX. 


LIST   OF    STRONG   AND    IRREGULAR    VERBS. 


Onfy  verbs  actually  occurring  in  the  Vocabulary  of  this  book  are  included 
in  this  list,  which,  with  the  following  explanation,  is  taken,  by  permission, 
from  Joynes'  German  Reader :  — 

The  variable  (root)  vowel  is  printed  full  faced ;  the  quantity  being 
marked  (long — ,  or  short  •—').  only  when  different  from  that  in  the  infinitive, 
—  t,  however,  being  always  short;  diphthongs,  of  course,  always  long. 
Where  no  vowel  is  given,  the  present  and  the  imperative  retain  the  vowel 
of  the  infinitive,  and  the  past  subjunctive  is  formed  regularly  from  the  past 
indicative.  Prefixes  are  marked  [-],  compounds  being  giren  only  where  the 
primitive  is  not  in  use,  or  is  not  (usually)  irregular. 

Meaning  is  given  in  italics  when  the  verb  is  irregular  in  that  sense  only ; 
SMALL  CAPS  denote  English  cognates,  of  like  meaning. 

S.  stands  for  strong ;  M.  for  mixed  (that  is,  weak  verbs  with  vowel 
change,  brcnilCit,  etc.);  Mod.ioi  mo-ial  (in  which  —  as  also  in  tuiffett —  the 
entire  pres.  sing,  is  indicated).  OU  or  rare  forms,  when  given,  are  enclosed 
in  (  ) ;  special  remarks  in  [  j.  Verbs  marked  *  are  also  conjugated  —  in 
whole,  or  in  part,  or  in  other  senses  —  as  regular  (weak)  verbs.  For  details, 

see  grammar. 

'39 


140 


APPENDIX. 


CLASS. 

INFINITIVE. 

PAST. 

PKRF. 
PART. 

2-3  S. 
PRES. 

IMPER. 

P.SUBJ. 

S. 

borfen,*  BAKE. 

tt[f] 

a 

1 

S. 

be-fefylen,  command. 

a 

0 

ic 

ic 

a  or  0 

S. 

be-gtnnen,  BEGIN. 

a 

0 

a  or  0 

S. 

bcrgen,  hide. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

a  or  it 

S. 

bictcn,  BID. 

0 

0 

S. 

binben,  BIND. 

a 

u 

S. 

bitten,  beg. 

a 

c 

S. 

btajen,  blow. 

ie 

a 

a 

S. 

blciben,  remain. 

ic 

ic 

S. 

brerf)ftt,  BREAK. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

M. 

brennen,  BURN. 

a 

a 

e 

M.  irr. 

bring  en,  BRING. 

a[d)] 

a[d)] 

M.  irr. 

bcnlen,  THINK. 

tt[d>] 

a[cl)] 

S. 

bingen,  hire. 

u(o) 

it 

S. 

briugen,  press. 

a 

it 

Mod, 

bfirfcn,  be  permitted. 

it 

u 

barf,^c 

S. 

eml>-feb,fen,  commend. 

a 

0 

ic 

ic 

a  or  0 

S.  irr. 

effen,  EAT. 

0 

[8]c 

i 

i 

S. 

fobrcn,  FARE. 

u 

a 

a 

S. 

fallen,  FALL. 

ic 

a 

a 

S. 

fongen,  catch. 

t 

a 

a 

S. 

fedjten,*  FIGHT. 

0 

0 

i 

i 

S. 

ftnbcn,  FIND. 

a 

it 

S. 

flcdjten,*  twine. 

0 

0 

i 

i 

S. 

fliegen,  FLY. 

0 

0 

S. 

fliehcn,  FLEE. 

0 

0 

S. 

fticfjen,  flow. 

u 
0 

W 

0 

S. 

fveffen,  eat. 

a 

e 

i 

i 

S. 

gcben,  GIVE. 

a 

c 

ic 

ic 

S. 

gc-beib,en,  thrive. 

ic 

i: 

STRONG  AND  IRREGULAR  VERBS. 


141 


CLASS. 

INFINITIVE. 

PAST. 

PERP. 
PART. 

2-3s. 

PRES. 

IMPER. 

P.SUBI. 

S.  irr. 

gcfjeit,  GO. 

i[»Q] 

a[ng] 

S. 

gc-Uugcn,  succeed. 

a 

U 

S. 

ge-nicJ3en,  enjoy. 

0 

\J 

0 

S, 

gc-fdjel)CH,  happen. 

a 

V 

ic 

S. 

gc-nnunen,  WIN. 

a 

0 

0  or  3 

S.  intr. 

glcid)cn,*  be  LIKE. 

i 

i 

S. 

grobnt,  dig. 

u 

a 

ft 

S. 

greifcn,  seize. 

t[ff] 

Uff] 

Irr. 

fyabCll,  HAVE(see  Gram.). 

S. 

IjOltCU,  HOLD. 

tc 

a 

a 

S. 

Ijangen,  HANG  (intr.). 

i 

a 

a 

S.  irr. 

fytuten*,  HEW. 

ic[b] 

ait 

S. 

Ijcben,  HEAVE. 

»(u) 

0 

0  orfl 

S. 

fyeifk",  call. 

ic 

ci 

S. 

Ijclfen,  HELP. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

ii  or  ft 

M. 

femten,  know. 

a 

a 

c 

S. 

fomiiicit,  COME. 

u 

0 

(o) 

Mod. 

fouucn,  CAN. 

0 

0 

tann,etc 

S. 

fvicdjen,  creep. 

v_» 

0 

•^ 

0 

S. 

loben,*  LOAD. 

u 

a 

(S) 

S. 

laffeit,  LET. 

ic 

a 

a 

S. 

laufcn,  run. 

tc 

an 

an 

S. 

Ictljeit,  lend. 

ic 

tc 

S. 

Icjcit,  read. 

a 

c 

ic 

ic 

S. 

Hegen,  LIE. 

a 

c 

Mod. 

mogeit,  MAY. 

0[d)J 

0[d)] 

mag,  etc 

Mod. 
S. 

muff  en,  MUST. 
ncf)iiicn,  take. 

tt 
a 

It 

o[mnt] 

mu&,  etc 

i[mm] 

i[mm] 

M. 

ncnnen,  NAME. 

a 

a 

e 

S. 

rotcu,  advise. 

ic 

a 

1 

142 


APPENDIX. 


CLASS. 

INFINITIVE. 

PAST. 

PERF. 
PART. 

2-3s. 

PKES. 

IMPER. 

P.SUBJ. 

S. 

reifjen,  tear. 

i 

i 

S. 

reiten,  RIDE. 

i[tt] 

i  [tt] 

S. 

ricdjen,  smell. 

\s 

0 

\j 

0 

S.  . 

ringen,  struggle. 

o(u) 

u 

tt  or  it 

S. 

rinnen,  RUN. 

a 

0 

ft  or  o 

S. 
S. 

rufen,  call, 
fallen,*  sound. 

ic 

0 

u 

0 

S.  intr. 

jdjctben,  part. 

tc 

ie 

S. 

fdjeinen,  seem. 

tc 

ic 

S. 

fdjieben,  SHOVE. 

0 

0 

S. 

fdjie&en,  SHOOT. 

\j 

0 

u 

0 

S. 

fd)lttfen,  SLEEP. 

tc 

a 

i 

S. 

fd)lagen,  strike. 

tt 

a 

a 

S. 

fd)teid)en,  sneak. 

i 

i 

S. 

frfjttejjen,  shut. 

% 

w 

0 

S.  intr. 

fdjmcljen,*  melt. 

0 

0 

i 

i 

S. 

fdjneibett,  cut. 

i  [tt] 

i[tt] 

S.  intr. 

frfjrecfen,*  fear. 

o[t] 

0 

i 

i 

S. 

fdjretben,  write. 

te 

ic 

S. 

fdjveien,  scream. 

ie 

ic 

S. 

frfjreiteii,  stride. 

i[tt] 

t[tt] 

S. 

fcfjnrimmen,  SWIM. 

0(0) 

0 

0  or  0 

S. 

fdjrtJinbcn,  vanish. 

a(it) 

tt 

0  or  u 

S. 

jdjroiirat,  SWEAR. 

0(tt) 

0 

0  or  « 

S. 

fc^en,  SEE. 

a 

c 

ic 

ic 

Irr. 

fetlt,  be,  (see  Gram.}. 

M. 

fenben,*  SEND. 

a 

a 

C 

S. 

jingeit,  SING. 

a 

it 

S. 

jittfen,  SINK. 

a 

tt 

S. 

1 

ftuncn,  think. 

a 

0 

a  or  9 

STKONG  AND  IRREGULAR  VERBS. 


143 


CLASS. 

INFINITIVE. 

PAST. 

PERF. 
PARL. 

2-3  S. 
PRES. 

IMPER. 

P.SUBJ. 

61. 

ji{3en,siT. 

o[61 

c  [ff] 

Mod. 

fallen,  SHALL. 

0 

0 

foQ,  tic. 

s.  . 

ftrinnen,  SPIN. 

a 

0 

a  or  ij 

S. 

fprecfjen,  speak. 

a 

0 

i 

t 

S. 

fpvingen,  SPRING. 

a 

It 

S. 

ftedjen,  sting. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

S.  irr. 

ftefyen,  STAND. 

a  [lib] 

a[nb] 

a  or  it 

S. 

fteljlen,  STEAL. 

a 

0 

a  or  8 

S. 

fteigen,  mount. 

ic 

tc 

S. 

fterbcn,  die. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

Irr. 

tljun,  DO. 

-at 

-an 

(seeGr.) 

S. 

trogen,  carry. 

it 

a 

a 

S. 

treffen,  hit. 

o[f] 

0 

i 

i 

S. 

trcibcn,  DRIVE. 

ic 

ic 

S. 

tretcn,  TREAD. 

a 

e 

i[«] 

i[«] 

S. 

tvinlea,  DRINK. 

a 

u 

a  or  it 

S. 

oer-gcffen,  FORGET. 

'a 

c 

i 

i 

S. 

t>cr-Hercn,  LOSE. 

0 

0 

S. 

rcadifcn,  grow. 

it 

a 

a 

S. 

tvafdfyen,  WASH. 

u 

a 

a 

S. 

roeidjen,*  yield. 

i 

i 

S. 

lucifcn,  show. 

ie 

ic 

M. 

roeuben,*  turn. 

a 

a 

e 

S. 

lucrbcn,  sue. 

a 

0 

i 

i 

a  or  fl 

S.  or  irr. 

tt>crben,become,  (see  Gr.). 

a,  [it] 

0 

i 

it 

S. 

ttJcrfen,  throw. 

a 

0 

i 

t 

it  or  it 

S. 

uunbcn,  WIND. 

a 

u 

M.  irr. 

luiffnt,  know. 

n 

it 

mt'\b,etc 

Mod. 

ruottcn,  WILL. 

0 

0 

mitt,  etc 

S. 

jtcb,cn,  draw. 

otfll 

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mars now  generally  in  use  in  our  higher 
institutions. 

Chas.  E.  Fay,  Prof,  of  Mod.  Lang., 
Tufts  Coll.,  Mass. :  I  know  of  no  gram- 
mar which  seems  to  me  so  thoroughly  to 
meet  the  needs  of  high  school  and  college 
classes. 

J.  R.  Holz worth,  Prof,  of  German, 
Syracuse  Univ. :  We  have  used  it  several 
years.  I  regard  it  as  the  best  German 
grammar  in  the  country  for  elementary 


B.  B.  Buggies,  Prof,  of  German, 
Dartmouth  Coll.:  It  is  by  far  the  best 
German  grammar  with  which  I  am  ac- 
quainted. 

Professor  Seller,  Indiana  State 
Normal  School :  I  give  it  my  unqualified 
indorsement.  I  find  it  a  first-rate  work- 
ing text. 


Carla  Wenckebach,  Prof,  of  Ger- 
man, Wellesley  Coll.:  The  best  book  of 
its  kind.  It  gives  all  necessary  grammati- 
cal information  in  a  well-arranged  system 
and  in  a  clear  and  concise  form  ;  it  is 
happy  in  illustration  and  practical  in  its 
exercises.  Ilrust  it  will  have  the  extended 
use  it  so  ricnly  deserves. 

Sylvester  Primer,  Prof,  of  Mod. 
Lang.,  Univ.  of  Texas:  I  have  used  it 
and  can  give  it  my  hearty  recommenda- 
tion as  the  very  best  text-book  for  acquir- 
ing a  practical  knowledge  of  German.  It 
will  prove  the  best  German  grammar  either 
in  America  or  Europe. 

J.  H.  Gorrell.  Prof,  of  Mod.  Langs., 
Wake  Forest  Univ. :  The  longer  I  use  it 
the  more  I  am  convinced  that  its  superior 
as  a  working  grammar  of  German  has  nol 
yet  appeared  in  this  country. 

H.  E.  Northrop,  Prof,  of  German, 
Brooklyn,  Polytechnic  Inst. :  It  is  giving 
great  satisfaction. 


Alternative  English  Exercises. 

To  accompany  the  yoynes-Meissner  Grammar.     By  O.  F.  LEWIS  of  Tufts  Col- 
lege.    Paper.     54  pages.     Introduction  price,  15  cents. 

'"THIS  little  pamphlet  gives  two  sets  of  English  exercises  correspond- 
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the  teacher  to  use  a  different  set  of  exercises  with  three  successive  be- 
ginning classes,  to  avoid  the  yearly  repetition  of  the  same  sentences. 


GERMAN.  3 

Marchen  und  Rrzahlungen,  I. 

Selected  and  edited   by  Miss    H.  A.  GUERBER,  Nyack,    N.V.      Cloth.      163 
pages.     Introduction  price,  60  cents.     By  mail,  65  cents. 

THIS  little  German  Reader  for  beginners  is  especially  adapted  to 
meet  the  needs  of  teachers  who  are  seeking  the  very  easiest  Ger- 
man, but  who  are  not  satisfied  with  material  without  interest  or  value. 
It  consists  of  tales,  most  of  them  new  to  American  readers,  which  have 
been  arranged  so  as  to  furnish  the  beginner  with  reading  interesting 
enough  to  stimulate  the  curiosity  even  of  very  young  pupils,  and  yet 
so  easy  as  not  to  discourage  at  the  outset.  The  tales  have  been  se- 
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forms  and.  expressions,  and  at  first  words  and  idioms  have  been  pur- 
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The  reader  will  be  especially  valuable  for  use  with  young  pupils  in 
private  schools  and  classes  in  grammar  schools  and  wherever  Ger- 
man is  the  language  of  the  class-room ;  but  it  has  a  complete 
vocabulary  and  will  be  equally  desirable  for  any  school  where  the 
earliest  reading  is  aimed  at.  Colloquial  exercises  are  appended. 


Prof.  T.  B.  Lindsay,  Boston  Univ. :  I 
am  using  it  with  a  class  at  Miss  Hersey's 
school,  and  find  it  excellent  in  all  respects. 
It  is  without  question  the  best  beginner's 
reading-book  I  have  ever  seen. 

Clara  Osthues,  State  Normal  School, 
Buffalo,  N.Y. :  I  introduced  it  in  my  class 
for  beginners,  and  am  very  much  pleased 
with  it. 

Dr.  Z.  Test,  Supervisor  of  German, 
Richmond,  Ind. :  I  am  very  much  pleased 
with  it,  and  have  introduced  it. 


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High  School,  Cincinnati:  1  am  particu- 
larly pleased  with  it.  I  consider  it  the 
best  book  of  the  kind  in  the  market. 

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Utica,  N.  Y.  :  I  am  delighted  with  it.  It 
is  by  far  the  best  book  I  have  ever  seen  for 
beginners. 

Mary  S.  Baker,  Friends'  Central 
School,  Philadelphia,  Pa. :  I  was  so  much 
pleased  with  it  that  we  ordered  fifty  copies, 
and  after  using  it  find  it  most  satisfactory. 


Marchen  und  Erzahlungen,  II. 

Selected  and  edited  by  Miss  H.  A.  GUERBER,  Nyack,  N.  Y.    Cloth.    202  pages. 
Introduction  price,  65  cents.     By  mail,  70  cents. 

THIS  book  furnishes  stories  and  poems  similar  to  those  in  No.  I., 
but  designed  to  follow  the  latter,  or  to  be  used  as  an  independent 
but   more   advanced   reader.      The   stories   are   all   adaptations   for 
elementary  pupils  in  school  or  college. 


GERMAN. 


Harris   German  Lessons. 

By  CHARLES  HARRIS,  Professor  of  the  German  Language  and  Literature  In 
Adelbert  College.  Cloth.  178  pages.  Introduction  price,  60  cents.  Mailing 
price,  65  cents. 

THIS  is  a  brief  grammar,  with  exercises,  adapted  for  a  short  course 
or  as  an  introduction  to  advanced  grammar  or  composition.  It 
is  elementary,  can  be  used  by  pupils  who  have  had  no  training  in  other 
languages,  and  has  features  of  arrangement  that  especially  fit  it  for  use 
when  early  reading  is  aimed  at, — for  example,  the  weak  and  strong  verbs 
are  taken  up  before  the  noun  and  adjective,  so  far  as  necessary  for  first 
readings. 


Waller  Bearing,  Prof,  of  German, 
College  for  Women,  Cleveland,  Ohio:  An 
unusually  well-arranged  book. 

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man, Yale  Univ. :  1  introduced  it  this 
year  and  like  it  very  much. 

Feb.  i,  1897. 

Helena  Schirme,  Teacher  of  Ger- 
man, High  School,  Minneapolis:  A  very 
well  arranged  book.  It  will  enable  the 
beginner  to  master  in  a  short  space  of 
time  the  main  facts  of  German  grammar. 


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Washington  University,  St.  Louis:  You 
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High  School,  Allegheny.  Pa. :  It  contains 
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once. 


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